Thailand must remove red tape, outdated laws to boost competency, say experts

Dr Kiratipong Naewmalee.

BANGKOK, Nov 10 (The Nation/ANN) - Thailand must tackle red tape and get rid of outdated laws that obstruct free competition and increase the cost of doing business, two researchers from the Thailand Development Research Institute (TDRI) said.

In their talk on “Laws as Computer Code”, research fellows Saliltorn Thongmeensuk and Kiratipong Naewmalee argued that laws and regulations are comparable to machine code instruction executed by computers. "If the code is written correctly, the computer can function properly. However, if programers write the code poorly, the computer will not function well or will not function at all."