Southern corridor under consideration
SBEC seen as way to boost development
The government is mulling the establishment of a Southern Border Economic Corridor (SBEC), spanning the southern border provinces of Pattani, Yala, Narathiwat, along with four districts of Songkhla province — Chana, Na Thawi, Saba Yoi and Thepha — to ensure greater efficacy in terms of development plans for the region.
Bordin Rassameethes, acting deputy secretary-general of the Southern Border Provinces Administration Centre (SBPAC), said the SBEC was recently pitched as a way to upgrade the government’s…
