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Sufficiency Economy Web Search for Non-IT Literates

Putsadee Pornphol 1, Suphamit Chittayasothorn 2
1. Faculty of Science and Technology, Phuket Rajabhat University, Phuket, Thailand
2. King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang, Faculty of Engineering, Bangkok, Thailand

Abstract—Sufficiency economy is a philosophy developed by His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand, initially stated in his royal speech given to Thai people in 1974. After the unprecedented economic crisis in 1997, sufficiency economy has seriously been reemphasized by both public and private sectors, with a vast array of knowledge and awareness offered to Thai people via online and printed communication channels. Sufficiency economy has highlighted a balanced way of living along with the conditions of morality and knowledge starting from the level of family, community and nation. In addition, this is applied to foster long-term development for Thailand, particularly in terms of the economic progress, to ensure its ability to move forward with global challenges. This article unveils the use of Web Service technology invented by web search engine of Google to be applied for the development of information systems aiming to highly facilitate the users, obviously referred to Thai people who possess less basic information technology knowledge, to access to today’s online information of sufficiency economy more conveniently and efficiently

Index Terms—sufficiency economy, web service, information systems

Cite: Putsadee Pornphol, Suphamit Chittayasothorn, "Sufficiency Economy Web Search for Non-IT Literates," Vol. 8, No. 1, pp. 52-56, February, 2017. doi: 10.12720/jait.8.1.52-56