3 0 0 0 OA タイ産ジャスミン・ライスの生産・精米・輸出・消費に関する総合的研究
本研究の成果は次の三点に整理しうる。(1)タイ農業・貿易統計等により、1980年代以降、ジャスミン・ライスの生産・輸出経済が急速な発展したことを明らかにした。(2)産地として有名な東北タイの「トゥングラー・ローン・ハイ」地域におけるジャスミン・ライスの栽培と精米業が、タイ政府の地域開発計画(道路、灌漑等)の実施や海外の需要に刺激されて、1980年代以降急速に発展したことを明らかにした。(3)海外市場の重要性、特に、1970年代以降、香港においてジャスミン・ライスに対する需要が拡大したこと、さらに2000年代以降、経済成長に伴い、中国広東省を中心に、その需要が急拡大したことと、米の不正混入問題等を指摘した。
- 著者
- 宮田 敏之
- 出版者
- 文部省科学研究費補助金重点領域研究「総合的地域研究」総括班
- 雑誌
- 重点領域研究総合的地域研究成果報告書シリーズ : 総合的地域研究の手法確立 : 世界と地域の共存のパラダイムを求めて
- 巻号頁・発行日
- vol.11, pp.121-177, 1996-01-31
- 著者
- 宮田 敏之
- 出版者
- 学術雑誌目次速報データベース由来
- 雑誌
- 東南アジア : 歴史と文化 (ISSN:03869040)
- 巻号頁・発行日
- vol.31, pp.27-56, 2002
- 被引用文献数
- 3
Tan Kim Ching was a Straits Hokkien merchant in Singapore who was called “my faithful agent” by Siamese King Mongkut in the middle of 19th century. This article examines Tan Kim Ching's political and economic activities in relation to Siam during the reigns of Kings Mongkut and Chulalongkorn, which have not been verified by Nathawut's work in Thailand focussing on Tan Kim Ching as the Siamese consul general in Singapore. Such research in Singapore as Song Ong Siang's work also shed light on Tan Kim Ching's political, social and economic activities in Singapore and the Malay Peninsula, but there is little reference to Tan's relationship to Thailand.<br>Two points are discussed here. First, Tan Kim Ching's political roles related to Siamese Kings and their governments can be grasped not only in the official sense of a consul general and a governor of a southern Siamese province, but also in a private of King Chulalongkorn calling himself “Your sincere friend” of Tan Kim Ching in his correspondence. Secondly, Tan Kim Ching's exporting enterprise and rice mill in Bangkok played vital roles in the development of the Bangkok rice business. The former was a well-known exporter of the best quality rice in Bangkok, Siam No. 1 white rice, to the Singapore market, as well as a forerunner to milling white rice. His rice mill was well managed, producing high quality rice under the guidance of a Chinese rice milling expert and a trained European engineer.<br>Certainly Tan's success in the Bangkok rice business was partly due to his connection to Siamese Kings, but a more crucial factor was his strategy for exporting and milling high quality Thai rice, which was very suitable to the tastes of Chinese and European resident of Singapore, enabling him to sell at much higher prices than either Saigon or Rangoon rice.<br>Tan Kim Ching, as a Straits merchant, has often been ignored as a Chinese capitalist in the context of Thai capitalist development, although he played an important role in the development of the Bangkok rice business. In order to further the research on the development of the Thai economy and intra-Asian trade during the late 19th century, it is necessary to study vital political and business activities like those of Tan Kim Ching transcending present national borders.