烟草在线据国家多媒体报道编译　　泰国烟草专卖将减少其在原计划的Rojana工业园区中工厂的投资，寻找另外能够设立第二家工厂的地方，以减少自然灾害的风险。

　　1月16日，总经理Torsak Chotimongkol表示，泰国烟草专卖公司仍然承诺在Ayutthaya省的Rojana工业园区投资，即使去年该地被洪水淹没了。然而，现在该工厂的产量将比此前的计划量低。

　　他说，因为已经在工业园区内购买了250 rai（2.5 rai=1英亩）的地块，完成了打桩工作，泰国烟草专卖公司不得不继续在Rojana的投资，但是卷烟产量将下降到原计划的60-65%。

　　泰国烟草专卖公司想在靠近清迈或清莱，或者在北部省份帕府省的登猜地区建立另一个工厂。该公司的主要烟草农场都在登猜地区。

　　Torsak说，这家国有企业想通过采取预防措施来减少自然灾害，如去年反复爆发的严重的洪涝灾害，以提高其风险管理能力。

　　总经理说，他要在1月18日寻求董事会批准并聘用顾问来研究潜在的新地址。如果董事会批准了该计划，那么这个提案将被提交给内阁。

　　如果内阁批准了该项目，国民经济和社会发展委员会将对潜在的投资回报进行调查。

　　他补充说，预计工厂的地址将位于北方，要考虑接近烟草农场、运输并对环境的影响等因素。

　　根据以前的计划，从曼谷搬迁到另一个省份的投资估计需要162亿泰铢。

TTM scales down Rojana plans, to seek location in North

Nation Multimedia
Jan 17, 2012

　　Thailand Tobacco Monopoly will reduce its investment in a planned factory at Rojana Industrial Park and seek another estate in which to build a second plant, as it aims to mitigate against the risk of natural disaster.

　　Managing director Torsak Chotimongkol yesterday said TTM remained committed to investing in Rojana Industrial Park in Ayutthaya province, even though the estate found itself under a massive volume of flood water last year. However, production capacity at the factory will now be smaller than under the previous plan.

　　He said that because a 250-rai plot in the park had been bought and piling work had already been completed, TTM had to continue its investment at Rojana, but cigarette production would be cut to 60-65 per cent of the original plan.

　　TTM wants to build another factory close to Chiang Mai or Chiang Rai, or in Den Chai district in the northern province of Phrae. The Kingdom's main tobacco farms are in this area.

　　The state enterprise wants to improve its risk management by taking precautions to mitigate against natural disaster such as any repetition of last year's severe flooding, said Torsak.

　　The MD said he would tomorrow seek board approval and hire consultants to study potential new locations. If the board approves the plan, the proposal will then be forwarded to the Cabinet.

　　If the Cabinet gives the nod to the project, the National Economic and Social Development Board will conduct a study into the potential investment return.

　　The factory site is expected to be located in the North, with the proximity to tobacco farms, transportation and the impact on environment being taken into account, he added.

　　Under the previous plan, the investment required for relocating from Bangkok to another province was estimated at Bt16.2 billion.