Staff Reporters
Government officials across the Eastern Seaboard celebrated one
of Thailand’s greatest monarchs on the 103rd Chulalongkorn Day.
Pattaya Mayor Itthiphol Kunplome and Banglamung District Chief Sakchai
Taengho laid flower garlands on the King Rama V monument. About 5,000
people attended the Oct. 23 ceremony, including top area police, council
members and Chonburi provincial leaders.
Banglamung District Chief
Sakchai Taengho lays flower garlands on the King Rama V monument to
commemorate the 103rd Chulalongkorn Day.
Sakchai then led government officers, soldiers,
police and the public to attend religious ceremonies conducted by 99
monks invited from various temples in Banglamung.
In Chonburi, Gov. Khomsan Ekachai laid a commemorative wreath before the
Victory Monument at Chonburi City Hall in front of a crowd of public
servants and students. Khomsan laid the first wreath followed by other
government agencies, schools and guests attending. The governor lit
candles then the audience sang the national anthem.
In Sattahip, District Chief Phawat Lertmukda did similarly, laying a
wreath with area residents at the district’s monument.
HM King Chulalongkorn was born in 1853, the son of King Mongkut (Rama
IV) and Her Majesty Queen Thep Sirinthorn. Beloved of Thai people and
considered a truly ‘enlightened’ ruler among historians, he died on
October 23, 1910, after the second longest reign in the history of the
Thai nation.
