Deputy PM delivers blankets to people in Chiang Mai

 

 

CHIANG MAI(NNT) - The temperature in the North and in Bangkok will drop again next week. Meanwhile, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Commerce along with the Deputy Minister of the Interior delivered blankets to people in Chiang Mai.

 

Mr. Jurin Laksanawisit, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Commerce, and Mr. Niphon Bunyamanee, Deputy Minister of the Interior, delivered blankets to cold-stricken people in need in Mae Taeng and Chiang Dao districts in Chiang Mai, donating 550 blankets to each district.

 

According to a survey on the need for blankets in 2020, people in Chiang Mai need 440,338 blankets. Some blankets were donated by the private sector. However, there are still people in 25 districts who need as many as 359,907 blankets.

 

The Meteorological Department has forecast that from December 24-26, 2019, another moderate high pressure system from China will cover upper Thailand and the South China Sea. As a result, the temperature in upper Thailand will drop by 2-4 degrees Celsius. In northern and northeastern regions, the lowest temperatures are expected to be between 14-22 degrees Celsius. On mountaintops, the lowest temperatures are currently between 6-15 degree Celsius.

 

In the central and eastern regions as well as Bangkok and its vicinity, the lowest temperatures are between 19-23 degrees Celsius. Meanwhile, the southern region is expected to experience decreased rainfall.

 

-- © Copyright NNT 2019-12-23

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So they can't even afford to buy a blanket? Wow. ????

They don’t keep blankets from year to year?  Do they use them to start fires?

I hope the blankets had imprinted messages reading something along the line "from Thai tax payers to you" or so; the blankets are not paid by the government! 

17 hours ago, Redline said:

They don’t keep blankets from year to year?  Do they use them to start fires?

Wonderful intelligent post.  Repeat grade 2.

1 hour ago, Bill97 said:

Wonderful intelligent post.  Repeat grade 2.

I used to live up there with the very poor.  Unless they are talking about migrants, the numbers seem very high.  Everyone had a jacket and a blanket, and had a fire all night.

I could not sleep it was so cold sometimes, but the old and youngest get priority.  Do you work for an NGO?

Every bloody  year same old krap......what happened to last years  blanket and the year before etc etc............let me guess this shows  how  much the govt cares BS and they just lap it  up

Very nice gesture. 

On ‎12‎/‎23‎/‎2019 at 6:53 AM, snoop1130 said:

Mr. Jurin Laksanawisit, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Commerce, and Mr. Niphon Bunyamanee, Deputy Minister of the Interior, delivered blankets to cold-stricken people in need in Mae Taeng and Chiang Dao districts in Chiang Mai, donating 550 blankets to each district.

First class "brown-nosing". No need for those impotent important heavy-weights to be doing the distribution!

Great news for my electric bill 2/3 cheaper this month not so good for the poor as they are still waiting for a bed to put the blanket on????

He should be passing out proper face masks to protect them from the toxic air.

He should be delivering face masks given the air quality this week!  It is abysmal this week where I am.