Other obstacles include:<\/p>\n
\n\tUrban planning and land-use regulations
\n\tVisa and work-permit procedures
\n\tIndustrial operation certificates, including the key Ror Ngor 4 (Factory Licence No.4)
<\/p>\n
Narit confirmed that the Department of Industrial Works (DIW) will incorporate the Ror Ngor 4 process into the Fast Pass mechanism but emphasised:<\/p>\n
\u201cRor Ngor 4 is not the biggest problem. Fast Pass is designed to accelerate all processes \u2014 not only factory licences but every major permit.\u201d<\/p>\n
DIW director-general Pornyod Klankrong said that fewer than 30% of factory applicants are awaiting their Ror Ngor 4 licence. He noted that 70% of applications have already been approved.<\/p>\n
Most delays occur in factories dealing with gas-related activities, while general industrial factories face few issues.<\/p>\n
The remaining 30% of problematic cases fall under two regulated factory types that are still categorised under a single umbrella law and have not yet been separated:<\/p>\n
\n\tType 105 factories: waste sorting and landfill operations
\n\tType 106 factories: industrial recycling or reprocessing of used materials into new raw materials or products
<\/p>\n
These categories require stricter scrutiny, contributing to longer approval times.<\/p>\n
With Fast Pass, the government aims to streamline cross-agency coordination, accelerate licensing, and ensure that investment capital enters Thailand\u2019s economy more quickly \u2014 strengthening competitiveness and restoring investor confidence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Other obstacles include: Urban planning and land-use regulations Visa and work-permit procedures Industrial operation certificates, including the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":154976,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[87366,2476,72,87367,113,87368,39475,61,975,60],"class_list":["post-154975","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy","tag-board-of-investment-boi","tag-breaking-news","tag-business","tag-department-of-industrial-works","tag-economy","tag-fast-pass","tag-finance-ministry","tag-ie","tag-investment","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154975","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=154975"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154975\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/154976"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=154975"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=154975"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=154975"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}