Bangkok, 30 September 2019 - SEC together with the Department of Industrial Promotion, Ministry of Industry, signed a Memorandum of Understanding to cooperate in supporting small and medium-sized enterprises in the industrial sector to have access to capital sources in the capital market at the SEC Office on 30 September 2019 which is consistent with the mission of both agencies in promoting, supporting and developing the SMEs industry to reach higher capabilities.
SEC Secretary-General Ruenvadee Suwanmongkol said that
supporting small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to access financial
instruments in the capital market is one of the factors that readies SMEs for
funding in order to develop their potential and increase their ability to
compete both domestically and internationally which is SEC's mission under the
master plan of the 20-Year National Strategy
"This collaboration between SEC and the Department of Industrial Promotion
is considered a new dimension that will help the SEC understand the real needs,
problems and obstacles. And the SEC will be able to specify ways to prepare
SMEs related to the industrial sector that want to raise funds according to the
needs and readiness of SMEs at each stage of development in order to facilitate
it and reduce funding costs," said Ruenvadee.
Director-General, Department of Industrial Promotion Mr. Kobchai
Sungyasitsawat said that the development of SMEs with good potential to
reach the capital market is another mission that the Department of Industrial
Promotion deems important as it increases opportunities for SMEs to have the
ability to compete through fundraising in the capital market for use as working
capital in business operations, expand markets and expand businesses by leaps
and bounds.
"The capital market is considered a source of long-term funding,
creates a good image, is transparent
with professionalism in management, causing companies to be better-known and
accepted by the public creating incentives for interest in investments from
businesses within the country and abroad, which will support business expansion
and stimulate continued growth in the country's economy," said Mr.
Kobchai.
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