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00:00 [Kor-kor-por] is not involved in the decision-making process.
00:05 The Ministry of Labor's Philippine Minister of Justice, Mr. Sarirattavipat,
00:10 has announced the new tax rate on Wednesday, October 10.
00:17 I want to hear the exact numbers from the Ministry of Labor.
00:22 I want to confirm that the government has not interfered in the decision-making process.
00:30 But first, I want to make it clear that the new tax rate will not exceed 4.20 baht per unit.
00:37 Because there have been adjustments and new labor prices have been raised.
00:42 The total tax rate has been reduced to 48 baht.
00:47 The original tax rate was 4.68 baht.
00:52 But the increase in the price of natural gas has reduced the tax rate to 11.5 baht.
01:01 If we look at the next quarter, which is the second quarter of the year,
01:05 which is from May to August,
01:08 the Minister of Labor said that there is good news
01:11 because the price of natural gas has increased.
01:18 There is a report that the amount of gas in Thailand from the Elawan source
01:24 will be able to do 800 million baht per day as planned
01:28 from the beginning of this quarter to the end of December.
01:33 It will be able to do less than 600 million baht per day.
01:36 This is an important factor that will affect the next quarter's electricity price.
01:42 At the same time, the Ministry of Labor is setting up a way
01:48 to control the price of natural gas, which is the main problem.
01:52 It will increase the price of electricity.
01:54 Just like the oil price management,
01:57 if it can be implemented,
02:00 it will help reduce the impact on the people who have to face high electricity bills.
02:06 Another way is to negotiate the sea route
02:10 with neighboring countries such as Cambodia.
02:13 There will be a dialogue between the two countries
02:16 at the beginning of February.
02:18 They said that if the negotiation is successful,
02:21 the cost of generating electricity will be only 2 baht.
02:24 Yes, it is a new source of energy for Thailand.
02:27 [KHMER]
02:29 [Thai]