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Dept offers Blackberrys for bureacrats

By Wattana Khamchu
The Nation
Published on February 25, 2011


On April 1, the Interior Ministry's Provincial Administration Department will hand out Blackberry phones to all district chiefs nationwide in order to expand the communication channel.

The department deputy directorgeneral Boonsong Techamaneesathit insisted the department didn't buy the phones but got them from an AIS promotion which offered free phones with each oneyear usage contract.

His comment was made yesterday while discussing the exam for officials applying for highlevel administrative jobs; 20 job positions at the ministry's permanent secretary's office and 99 positions at the department.

Boonsong said 800 officials qualified for the exam requiring each candidate to submit a fourpage report on their vision and past work achievements, part of a process that would take two months. The result would be announced on May 6. He added that this year was special because all departments under the ministry could nominate candidates for the job.