Hej
Enligt Bangkok Post har den Thailändska regeringen blivit rekommenderade av den Kinesiska regeringen att vända sig till just denna firma för inköpen av plattorna, men nu visar det sig att deras produktionskapacitet är för låg och att dom inte kan leverera i den takt som utlovats, nästa problem är att detta företag nu vill ändra dom framförhandlade villkoren i kontraktet som innehöll två års garanti på utrustningen inklusive batterier, och att 30 serviceställen skulle etableras i Thailand, men nu vill företaget bara etablera 12 seviceställen.
Jag tycker inte att det är mycket att säga om att den thailändska regeringen valde den leverantör som den Kinesiska regeringen rekommenderade och som gav bäst villkor och garantier, och jag tycker att den Thailändska regeringen gör helt rätt som inte accepterar försämringar i dom framförhandlade överenskommelserna innan ett slutligt avtal signeras.
Och jag är övertygad om att plattor kommer att finnas på skolorna men kanske inte så fort som det var tänkt.
New concern over Chinese tablet
New questions have emerged about the Chinese supplier chosen for the government's high-profile school tablet computer programme.
Claims that Shenzhen Scope Scientific Development may have misstated its manufacturing capacity are the latest in a series of setbacks that have led to dfalays in getting the programme started.
The promise of free tablet computers for schoolchildren was one of the main selling points the Pheu Thai Party used in its successfuil election campaign last year.
However, there have since been repeated delays in signing a contract with the little-known company that the Chinese government had recommended to Thailand.
A source familiar with the issue said yesterday that Shenzhen Scope could produce only 1,000 tablets per day, not 24,000 as the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) ministry had announced earlier.
A committee overseeing the tablet programme was told that the supplier has a daily capacity to assemble only the external parts of tablets for around 24,000 units, excluding internal components, said the source.
Producing 24,000 complete units would require far more than one day unless the supplier could double or triple its manufacturing capacity. "If not, it would lead to a delay in tablet distribution to students," he said.
Pheu Thai had pledged to distribute tablets to Pathom 1 students countrywide in time for the second semester in June.
However, the signing of the contract under a memorandum of understanding between the ICT Ministry's permanent secretary and Scope has been postponed repeatedly.
The source said the contract was finished and had been sent to the Office of the Attorney-General for review.
But it cannot be signed yet because Scope recently asked to change a key term, reducing the warranty period for batteries to one year from two. Other parts would still be guaranteed for two years.
The supplier claimed that the international standard for battery warranties was only one year, said the source.
"Yes, the international standard on battery warranties is one year, but the supplier itself proposed to provide a two-year warranty including the battery during the bidding," he said.
"It has to keep its word and, importantly, the period of the warranty is one of important reasons the tablet committee chose that supplier."
In addition, Scope had promised to set up 30 service and repair centres all across Thailand for the tablets but now it wants to set up only 12.
"A negotiation is required before making any change, and it must provide advantages rather than disadvantages to the country. All steps must be taken carefully as any changes would raise questions about transparency," said the source.
If and when the contract is eventually signed, 2,000 tablets would be sent to Thailand for final tests before a manufacturing order is issued.
The company would then be obliged to send the first lot of 400,000 tablets within 28 days, followed by another 560,000 units.
For its part, the government would be obliged to pay an advance equivalent to 15% of the 1.9 billion baht total to Scope before it begins production.
http://www.bangkokpost.com/breakingnews/289679/new-concern-over-chinese-tablet
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