Article: Thailand master plan to boost film shooting.(Country Focus)

Thailand's national committee on film production recently approved a 2009-2011 master plan to promote Thailand as the hub for shooting and postproduction.

Culture Permanent Secretary Veera Rojpojanarat said the plan aimed to generate Thailand Baht THB 32 billion (US$0.94 billion) to the economy in the first year, THB 39 billion in 2010 and THB 50.89 billion in 2011.

The master plan contains human resource development and moves to eradicate piracy. In the three years, six bachelor-degree scholarships will be granted with 30 training courses for 600 trainers. Meanwhile, the fallout from counterfeit products would be reduced by THB 2.6 billion or US$75 ...

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