Songkhla Chamber proposes 25bn Soft Loan for business recovery

Thansettakij•Economy•9d ago

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The Songkhla Chamber of Commerce proposed four major development projects to the Cabinet during its mobile meeting in Songkhla Province.

•Songkhla Chamber of Commerce proposed a 25,000 million baht Soft Loan to recover businesses in Hat Yai District after late 2025 floods.
•Proposed projects include the Songkhla World Table food event and upgrades to the Songkhla deep-sea port.
•The Cabinet mobile meeting in Songkhla Province took place between August 31 and September 1, 2026.
•Proposals aim to drive economic, social, security, and disaster management development across five southern border provinces.

•The Cabinet mobile meeting in Songkhla Province occurred from August 31 to September 1, 2026.
•Songkhla Chamber of Commerce and Young Entrepreneur Chamber of Songkhla (YEC Songkhla) held three workshops with Songkhla Province to develop proposals for five southern border provinces.
•Songkhla Chamber of Commerce proposed a 25,000 million baht Soft Loan for Hat Yai District, suggesting the Thai Credit Guarantee Corporation (TCGC) guarantee debts and waive credit bureau checks for disaster victims.
•Songkhla Chamber of Commerce requested a 40 million baht budget for the Songkhla World Table project to hold an international food competition.
•Songkhla Chamber of Commerce proposed increasing Songkhla deep-sea port capacity from 150,000 TEUs to 450,000 TEUs per year.
•Songkhla Chamber of Commerce proposed integrating the Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) report into provincial development plans via the Joint Public and Private Sector Consultative Committee (JPPC).
•Songphol Chansiriwattanathumrong stated that the mobile meeting allows the government to see real local problems and potential to allocate budgets accurately.
•Songphol Chansiriwattanathumrong urged the government to define a long-term strategy for the role of the five southern border provinces within the country.

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Songphol Chansiriwattanathumrong(ทรงพล จังศิริวัฒนธำรง)

President of the Songkhla Chamber of Commerce.

Songkhla Chamber of Commerce(หอการค้าจังหวัดสงขลา)

An organization that proposed economic recovery and development projects to the Cabinet.

Young Entrepreneur Chamber of Songkhla (YEC Songkhla)(กลุ่มนักธุรกิจรุ่นใหม่ (YEC สงขลา))

A group of young entrepreneurs that collaborated with Songkhla Province on development workshops.

Thai Credit Guarantee Corporation (TCGC)(บรรษัทประกันสินเชื่ออุตสาหกรรมขนาดย่อม (บสย.))

The entity proposed to provide debt guarantees for disaster victims in Hat Yai.

UNESCO(ยูเนสโก)ℹ️

The organization that selected Songkhla as a creative city of gastronomy in late 2025.

Office of the National Economic and Social Development Council(สำนักงานสภาพัฒนาการเศรษฐกิจและสังคมแห่งชาติ)ℹ️

The agency that presented the SEA report to the National Statistical Office.

National Statistical Office (NSO)(สำนักงานสถิติแห่งชาติ (สสช.))

The agency that certified the SEA report.

Joint Public and Private Sector Consultative Committee (JPPC) of the Province(กรอ.จังหวัด)

The mechanism through which the SEA report would be linked to provincial development plans.

Songkhla Province(จังหวัดสงขลา)ℹ️

The province where the Cabinet mobile meeting was held and the target of several development proposals.

Hat Yai District(อำเภอหาดใหญ่)ℹ️

The area proposed for a Soft Loan to recover from floods that occurred in late 2025.

Songkhla Deep-sea Port(ท่าเรือน้ำลึกสงขลา)

A port proposed for capacity expansion to become an ASEAN logistics hub.