Thailand tags 1.6 billion baht for developing three customs checkpoints with Malaysia

Wuttipol Khirin 15.06.2009 20:30

Malaysia’s Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Nazri Abdul Aziz (right) and Deputy Interior Minister Thaworn Senneam have allocated 1.6 billion baht to facilitate more cross-border trade.

Thailand has allocated 1.6 billion baht for development of three Malaysian border checkpoints intending to facilitate more cross-border trade between the two countries, Deputy Interior Minister Thaworn Senneam said recently.

After meeting with Malaysia’s Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Nazri Abdul Aziz at Sadao in Songkhla province that renovations at the Sadao checkpoint would cost one billion baht, plus three million baht each for the border checkpoint in Narathiwat province and a second checkpoint in Songkhla.

Development on the Thai-Malaysian border is expected to be completed within three years and upon completion the two countries will further relax entry regulations and border trade in order to encourage more trade at the border, said Mr. Senneam.

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