PM invites public to join celebrations Skip to main content

PM invites public to join celebrations

 The Nation on Sunday December 4, 2011 1:00 am
PM invites public to join celebrations

Highlight of the coming week is tomorrow's public audience at Grand Palace

Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra yesterday invited Thai citizens to join various activities to be held over the coming week in celebration of His Majesty the King’s 84th birthday tomorrow. Yingluck extended her invitation to the Thai public during her weekly address, "The Yingluck Government Meets the People".

She urged all sectors of society to join a grand public audience, which will be a highlight of the activities celebrating the King's 7th-cycle birthday this month.

His Majesty the King has granted permission for a grand public audience to be held so people can pay tribute to him on his birthday. In the ceremony, the King will appear at the front balcony, or "muk det", of the Chakri Maha Prasart Throne Hall inside the Grand Palace compound at 10.30am tomorrow, when he will greet well-wishers.

The prime minister said yesterday that the government and state agencies have planned many celebration activities to commemorate the auspicious occasion between yesterday and December 9. The activities will take place at the Sanam Luang ceremonial field, along Ratchadamnoen Avenue, the Royal Plaza, Ambhorn Gardens and the Sanam Sua Pa compound.

The premier yesterday chaired a ceremony to worship Lord Buddha's tooth relics from Bhutan at Sanam Luang.

The relics will be placed in Thailand temporarily for people to worship to mark HM the King's birthday.

Culture Minister Sukumol Kunplome yesterday presided over a merit-making ceremony at Sanam Luang and representatives from five major religions chanted and prayed for HM the King to mark this auspicious occasion.

Light-and-sound shows, exhibitions and performances to honour His Majesty were scheduled from yesterday to Friday at Sanam Luang, the Grand Palace, along Ratchadamnoen Avenue, the Royal Plaza, Ambhorn Gardens and the Sanam Sua Pa compound.

To mark this special occasion, between Thursday and tomorrow, people have been allowed to admire magnificent places inside the Grand Palace at night.

At the merit-making ceremony, Sukumol, other officials and members of the public offered alms to 109 Buddhist monks. The merit-making ceremony will be organised every morning from 6.30am to 8am until Friday.
Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Chronology of the Press in Burma

1836 – 1846 * During this period the first English-language newspaper was launched under British-ruled Tenasserim, southern  Burma . The first ethnic Karen-language and Burmese-language newspapers also appear in this period.     March 3, 1836 —The first English-language newspaper,  The Maulmain Chronicle , appears in the city of Moulmein in British-ruled Tenasserim. The paper, first published by a British official named E.A. Blundell, continued up until the 1950s. September 1842 —Tavoy’s  Hsa-tu-gaw  (the  Morning Star ), a monthly publication in the Karen-language of  Sgaw ,  is established by the Baptist mission. It is the first ethnic language newspaper. Circulation reached about three hundred until its publication ceased in 1849. January 1843 —The Baptist mission publishes a monthly newspaper, the Christian  Dhamma  Thadinsa  (the  Religious Herald ), in Moulmein. Supposedly the first Burmese-language newspaper, it continued up until the first year of the second Angl
Post a Comment
Read more

ARSA claims ambush on Myanmar security forces

Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) on Sunday claimed responsibility for an ambush on Myanmar security forces that left several wounded in northern Rakhine state, the first attack in weeks in a region gutted by violence. Rakhine was plunged into turmoil last August, when a series of ARSA raids prompted a military backlash so brutal the UN says it likely amounts to ethnic cleansing of the Muslim Rohingya minority. The army campaign sent some 650,000 Rohingya fleeing for Bangladesh, where refugees have given harrowing accounts of rape, murder and arson at the hands of security forces and vigilantes. Myanmar's military, which tightly controls information about Rakhine, denies any abuses and insists the crackdown was a proportionate response to crush the "terrorist" threat. ARSA have launched few attacks in recent months.  But the army reported that "about ten" Rohingya terrorists ambushed a car with hand-made mines and gunfire on Friday morning
Post a Comment
Read more

Thai penis whitening trend raises eyebrows

Image copyright LELUXHOSPITAL Image caption Authorities warn the procedure could be quite painful A supposed trend of penis whitening has captivated Thailand in recent days and left it asking if the country's beauty industry is taking things too far. Skin whitening is nothing new in many Asian countries, where darker skin is often associated with outdoor labour, therefore, being poorer. But even so, when a clip of a clinic's latest intriguing procedure was posted online, it quickly went viral. Thailand's health ministry has since issued a warning over the procedure. The BBC Thai service spoke to one patient who had undergone the treatment, who told them: "I wanted to feel more confident in my swimming briefs". The 30-year-old said his first session of several was two months ago, and he had since seen a definite change in the shade. 'What for?' The original Facebook post from the clinic offering the treatment, which uses lasers to break do
1 comment
Read more