Thongsuk Mantathorn (left) teaches
local officials to be polite when performing their duties.
Vittaya Yoondorn
More than 350 government bureaucrats were reminded of the importance of
polite service and ethics at a two-day seminar in Pattaya.
Organized by the Pattaya Personnel Development Office, the May 20-21
workshop featured monk Sompong Talpukto from Wat Sroi Thong Temple in
Bangkok and Thongsuk Mantathorn, former director of the Education Ministry’s
Education Administration Development Department.
Sompong preached to the 357 bureaucrats attending on principles of working
happily, saying that to adapt oneself to achieve the balance from the
changes in economy, society and environment, balance is required through
morals and ethics, which can be used to lead a peaceful life that can be
improved in parallel with social globalization.
He stressed the importance of developing discipline and
morals, which can be used as guidelines in leading lives for Pattaya
citizens. The project also included organizing activities regarding ethics
to remind the minds of the attendees to focus on harmony.
Thongsuk educated attendees on using polite Thai language in customer
service, stressing proper, traditional words instead of coarse slang.
Speaking politely, he said, charms the customer. Plus the former director
also disclosed the history of following His Majesty’s footsteps and lectured
on positioning oneself in this social globalization through Buddhism using
ethics, morals, and teachings to the attendees as light opening their ways
in serving citizens.
