Almost 6,000 bikes will be available for poor students in Roi Et

The government has used money from the Government Lottery Office to purchase almost 6,000 bicycles for students to borrow as a means to travel to and from school.

Mr. Prawat Theethakaew (ประวัติ ถีถะแก้ว), the deputy governor of Roi Et, chaired the ceremony held today to give bicycles to the education areas 1, 2 and 3 in the province, so they may further lend them to poor students. These bicycles are a part of those purchased with money from the Government Lottery Office, in the scheme to buy bicycles to lend to students nationwide.

The bikes received by Roi Et were from the second batch of the purchase. Roi Et education area one received 1,687 bicycles, area two received 2,355 bikes and area 3 received 1,892 bicycles, adding up to a total of 5,945.

Teachers from various schools have brought pickup trucks to take the bicycles to the children.

Source: Thai National News Bureau Public Relations Department - 11 August 2006

Almost 6,000 bikes will be available for poor students in Roi Et

The government has used money from the Government Lottery Office to purchase almost 6,000 bicycles for students to borrow as a means to travel to and from school.

Mr. Prawat Theethakaew (ประวัติ ถีถะแก้ว), the deputy governor of Roi Et, chaired the ceremony held today to give bicycles to the education areas 1, 2 and 3 in the province, so they may further lend them to poor students. These bicycles are a part of those purchased with money from the Government Lottery Office, in the scheme to buy bicycles to lend to students nationwide.

The bikes received by Roi Et were from the second batch of the purchase. Roi Et education area one received 1,687 bicycles, area two received 2,355 bikes and area 3 received 1,892 bicycles, adding up to a total of 5,945.

Teachers from various schools have brought pickup trucks to take the bicycles to the children.

Source: Thai National News Bureau Public Relations Department - 11 August 2006

So who paid for the pickup trucks?