The Economic Enterprises that are to be carried out solely by the Government (as stated in Section 3 of the State-Owned Economic Enterprises Law) are as follows:

(a) extraction of teak and sale of the same in the country and abroad;
(b) cultivation and conservation of forest plantation with the exception of village-owned fire-wood plantation cultivated by the villagers for their personal use;
(c) exploration, extraction and sale of petroleum and natural gas and production of products of the same;
(d) exploration and extraction of pearls, jade and precious stones and export of the same;
(e) breeding and production of fish and prawns in fisheries which have been reserved for research by the Government;
(f) Postal and Telecommunications Service;
(g) Air Transport Service and Railway Transport Service;
(h) Banking Service and Insurance Service;
(i) Broadcasting Service and Television Service;
(j) Exploration and extraction of metals and export of the same;
(k) Electricity Generating Services other than those permitted by law to private and co-operative electricity generating services;
(l) Manufacture of products relating to security and defence which the Government has, from time to time, prescribed by notification.