BANGKOK, May 16 (TNA) – MCOT Public Company Limited
(MCOT) joins forces with the Office of Small and Medium Enterprises Promotion(OSMEP),
the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) and the private sector in
organizing the CARE EXPO Thailand 2019: International Trade Exhibition for
Quality Senior Lifestyle in Bangkok later this year, expected to attract over
20,000 international visitors.
OSMEP Director Suwanchai Lohawattanakul said that at the
CARE EXPO Thailand 2019, set to be held at the Bangkok International Trade
& Exhibition Center (BITEC), the EH103 zone, during August 29-September 1,
international visitors will enjoy the display of goods and services, as well as
innovative technologies produced and developed to specially serve senior
citizens.
Thailand’s SMEs bringing their products on the public
display and sale at the two-day event will also have business talks directly
with their Japanese counterparts for the creation of their business networks,
which is in line with the Thai government’s policy on promoting the Kingdom as
an international medical hub, he said.
MCOT President Khematat Paladej said that the CARE EXPO
Thailand 2019 is part of an MCOT strategy on working together with business
partners towards the company’s new business opportunities.
According to the MCOT president, MCOT will, thus, present,
as of July 2019, new programs on its media channels, including all 62 stations
nationwide of its MCOT Radio Networks and MCOT HD TV station, with their
content to particularly serve elderly consumers.
Business Events Services (Thailand) Co., Ltd. announced that
the two-day CARE EXPO Thailand 2019 will comprise of such relevant sectors as
living standards for the elderly, including smart homes, food/beverage &
clothing, medical care & support, finance & investment with counseling
services for the asset management of the elderly and leisure activities,
suggesting people to access to the [www.careexpothailand.com] website or the Careexpo
Facebook page for more information.
Based on an international business report in Asia and the
Pacific in 2015, the total value of the global market for the elderly should
reach up to 3.3 trillion US dollars by 2020.
In Thailand alone, such the value totaled about 10 billion
baht last year, as up to about 11 million of the Kingdom’s total population are
senior citizens aged over 60 years old. (TNA)
