Action, not just talk

Re: “Skills for the future”, (Asia Focus, May 8).

As a member of the original IRPC Technological College (IRPCT) team that helped stitch the PTT-Myanmar scholarship programme together, I was delighted to see the recognition given to it by Nareerat Wiriyapong. Following the success of the initial Myanmar programme, IRPCT now has vocational students from Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam. This is in pursuit of its mission of not only being a leading vocational college in Thailand, but of being one of the leading technical colleges in Southeast Asia.

Perhaps in the future it will have students from other Asean countries.

For years we have read about the government, educational institutions and private enterprises talking about the opportunities offered by the Asean Economic Community, but rather than just talk about it, PTT and IRPCT got off their butts and did something about it. This is an example of entrepreneurship at its very best. DAVID BROWN