(28-05-2013)
Ministry
of Labour holds a meeting of concerned authorities to discuss
preparation for and ways to address population aging in Thailand.
Ministry of Labour held a meeting of the ministry’s
Taskforce on the Determination of Elder Persons Measures and the
Monitoring of Elder Persons’ Rights, which was set up in according to
Older Person Act B.E. 2013. The meeting, the first of its kind, was
chaired by Mr. Peerapat Pornsirilertkit, Inspector-General of Ministry
of Labour and chairperson of the taskforce.
Thailand
became an aging society in 2005. It is expected that in the next 30
years, the number of elder persons will increase by 12.1 million, form
8.4 million to 20.5 million while the number of young and working-age
people will decline.
This
change in the population structure will affect the country’s economy.
Growth in products and services will be limited due to less number of
consumers. There will also be shortages of labour, while labour
productivity will decrease.
In an
aging society, a country will need to rely more upon working-age people.
The country, therefore, will need good social protection system and
ensure its people have enough saving for living after they are retired.
It has
been found that most elder persons are not well educated and they mostly
work in agricultural sector. They often face with poverty, health
problem and insufficient saving for living after retirement.
In case of
Thailand, the government gives elder persons old-age allowance. The
allowance is calculated using ladder formula to increase protection for
elder persons. The government is trying to bring elder persons back into
work system and improve their skills so they could perform their work
more effectively as well as to ensure they have good quality of lives.
To
achieve all these, cooperation among concerned agencies from government
and private sector such as Ministry of Labour, Ministry of Social
Development and Social Security, Ministry of Finance is needed.
As
for Ministry of Labour, it is drafting measures to promote employment
opportunities. They concern employment promotion measure, legal measures
(income tax reduction and extension of retirement age) and others
(working environment improvement, skill training, promoting community
employment, saving promotion, and promoting the use of elder persons’
knowledge).
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