Government House, 15 Oct - 'Prime Minister Paethongtarn' thanks all agencies for helping with flood rehabilitation in Chiang Rai Province, stresses to the cabinet meeting that everything must be completed by the end of this month, and mobilizes to solve the recurring flooding problem. Ms. Paethongtarn Shinawatra, Prime Minister, chaired the meeting of the Flood, Storm and Landslide Situation Management Committee (COSM), which was attended by ministers and relevant agencies. Before the meeting, the Prime Minister stated that he called the meeting today to solve real long-term problems, as he had seen from the data that had been studied in many places, such as the flooding and mudslides in Chiang Rai Province. Next year, these problems will probably still exist. This is what he is most concerned about, what can be done? We may not be able to stop it 100 percent, but what can be done to better cope with it? It will end the problem faster. He wanted us to work together to study it seriously. There is 1 year bef ore the same problems occur next year. In this regard, I would like to thank all agencies, both government and volunteers, who worked together to solve the problems in the area, and thank all ministers who closely visited the area, both the Deputy Minister of Interior and the Deputy Minister of Defense, who went down to the area and prepared to assure the people, the people felt at ease, and there were many problems that the ministers who were working on the area could solve immediately and have already resolved a lot this morning (October 15). The cabinet meeting attempted to solve these problems by the end of October. Today, we came to the meeting to acknowledge the situation, assistance, and prevention and solutions that we have to wait to receive next year. -314- Thai News Agency Source: Thai News Agency