webfact Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 PM encourages Thais to wear traditional attire, promotes Herb Expo BANGKOK, 30 August 2016 (NNT) – The Prime Minister has urged the general public to wear Thai attire to in order to celebrate Thai identity. The Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha today at the government house joined a promotional event that was staged to encourage Thais to wear more traditional Thai attire, including the Sinh, a traditional garment resembling tube skirt worn by Thai women. This is part of the campaign from the Secretariat of the Prime Minister for its staff to wear Thai attire, in an attempt to promote Thai identity. The PM said he has seen children wearing Sinh while visiting Roi Et province and he enjoyed seeing that, thus he would like to encourage the general public to wear Thai attire which doesn’t have to be expensive or elaborately made. He later oversaw the exhibition of notable Thai herbs held to promote the 13th National Herb Expo to be held on 31 August - 4 September at IMPACT Exhibition Center, Nonthaburi. It is an event organized by the Ministry of Public Health, and the PM stated that Thai herbs should receive more concrete support from the authorities. The Ministry of Public Health and the Ministry of Interior has is already considering branding herbal products as OTOP merchandise, and is granting a certificate from the Food and Drugs Administration to upgrade herbal products as a new business. As a result of this promotion, some herbal products are now available for purchase onboard flights operated by Thai carriers. -- nnt 2016-08-30 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chookie Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 Must... go... back... 100... years. Got... to...go...back... to...go...forward. Por Jai... for... everyone... Erm. Everyone... else. Modern... no...good. Foreign... no...good. Buddha... he... say. Are this guy's lights all on? Chook Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHolmesJr Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 Herb Expo….hmmm…. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The stuttering parrot Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 And if they don't do they deserve what they get? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAG Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 Must... go... back... 100... years. Got... to...go...back... to...go...forward. Por Jai... for... everyone... Erm. Everyone... else. Modern... no...good. Foreign... no...good. Buddha... he... say. Are this guy's lights all on? ChookThe lights are on.One cannot vouch as to whether there is anyone at home... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kotsak Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 Wondering what Field Marshal Plaek Phibunsongkhram would say about this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrTuner Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 Alrighty, I'll get me sarong. Finally I can roam free without a shirt, it's government sanctioned now. All you stiffies in suits must follow, leuleu. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taichiplanet Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 (edited) would certainly bring back the Smile to the Land Of Smiles if everyone wanders around in traditional attire whilst partaking in herbs. Edited August 30, 2016 by taichiplanet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dageurreotype Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 This was his very first *idea* after having er, attained the office of PM. The fact it's being rehashed once again, two years later, tells everyone what they already know. He's run out of ideas and lost the plot entirely. What happened to 'cyber society' and 'innovation'? This country going to hell in a hand basket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Misterwhisper Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 Unfortunately, what the general most probably thinks of being "traditional attire" is NOT what the common man (and woman) wore on the streets in the old days. It's court attire that commoners neither could afford nor were permitted to dress themselves in - under threat of penalty. The general might blush (in embarrassment or anger?) if someone dared to present him with old photographs showing what "normal" attire actually constituted back then... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAG Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 1 hour ago, Misterwhisper said: Unfortunately, what the general most probably thinks of being "traditional attire" is NOT what the common man (and woman) wore on the streets in the old days. It's court attire that commoners neither could afford nor were permitted to dress themselves in - under threat of penalty. The general might blush (in embarrassment or anger?) if someone dared to present him with old photographs showing what "normal" attire actually constituted back then... Oh I suspect that he is really only thinking about "his people". The ordinary folk can continue with their cut off cargo pants, tee shirts and flip flops. They don't count and he wouldn't notice anyway! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snoop1130 Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 Prayuth wants Thais to dress in traditional costumes By Coconuts Bangkok Viral photos of the woman credited with starting the traditional costume movement. Today, junta leader Prayuth Chan-ocha announced that he wants Thai people to wear traditional costumes more often, even if they are inexpensive ones. In typical Prayuth style, he followed up his unusual request by joking that those who can’t afford to splash out on a traditional costume could ask for his help. He warned that if people never wear traditional costumes, they could be lost forever, reported The Nation. Since the 1990s, some government and educational organization have adopted a policy that their staff needs to wear traditional clothing occasionally. The movement to wear Thai traditional costumes has become increasingly popular this year. People have been spotted riding the BTS looking like they just stepped out of the past. Full Story: http://bangkok.coconuts.co/2016/08/30/prayuth-wants-thais-dress-traditional-costumes -- © Copyright Coconuts Bangkok 2016-08-30 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kannot Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 and when they do wear traditional attire they get ballcocked Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PremiumLane Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 Tights for the boys and tits out for the girls - what a winning combination Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phycokiller Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 I would have thought military uniform would be considering traditional these days considering so many of their leaders have worn them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mook23 Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 He means this: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesbrock Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 4 hours ago, kotsak said: Wondering what Field Marshal Plaek Phibunsongkhram would say about this He was the one that ruined it all in the first place! If the good general is taking about prior to Phibun issuing the cultural mandate, 'On Thai dress,' where Thai people were encouraged to adopt Western, as opposed to traditional, attire which—at that time—still consisted of women going about their daily business topless, then I can only applaud him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sphere Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 Quote As a result of this promotion, some herbal products are now available for purchase onboard flights operated by Thai carriers. The last page of those inflight mags? That's usually where you find a well-chewed gum courtesy of a previous passenger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbthailand Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 I thought he only planned to roll us all back politically, ... seems he wants to have power over time itself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DM07 Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 Not that BS again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotwight Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 I bet he's glad he started that. He does read Thai Visa doesn't he? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Fixit Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 13 hours ago, kotsak said: Wondering what Field Marshal Plaek Phibunsongkhram would say about this I think the good General has found a role model. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesbrock Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 5 hours ago, Mister Fixit said: I think the good General has found a role model. Oh god please no. "Field Marshal Plaek Phibunsongkhram, contemporarily known as Phibun(Pibul) in the West, was Prime Minister and virtual military dictator of Thailand from 1938 to 1944 and 1948 to 1957." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mca Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 13 hours ago, JHolmesJr said: Herb Expo….hmmm…. I'd give it a miss if I were you J. I went last year and was very disappointed. Not a natty dread in sight. I asked the security guard on the gate if he was irie and were there any Babylon around and the bloke didn't know what I was on about. Get your act together Thai MICE organisers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kannot Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 (edited) I OBJECT to the removal of my traditional photo!!assuming it WAS removed and its not just another Thai Visa "new website" ferk up? Edited August 30, 2016 by kannot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotwight Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 1 hour ago, jamesbrock said: Oh god please no. "Field Marshal Plaek Phibunsongkhram, contemporarily known as Phibun(Pibul) in the West, was Prime Minister and virtual military dictator of Thailand from 1938 to 1944 and 1948 to 1957." Not much chance of that as he was very anti Chinese and fought on the Japanese side during WWII. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thechook Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 15 hours ago, taichiplanet said: would certainly bring back the Smile to the Land Of Smiles if everyone wanders around in traditional attire whilst partaking in herbs. A little hard to chase pokemons in that attire Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LannaGuy Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 I was in Pattaya recently and saw loads of Thai girls wearing 'traditional attire' in the Go-Go's can't get much more 'traditional attire' than naked Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plutojames88 Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 (edited) The real intension is to cultivate an ""US and Them "" mentality....Nationalistic Xenophobic mentality , so when sanctions are imposed his dialogue of "" Us Farangs wanting to hurt them "" resonates. Expats need to browse through military government tactics and warning signs. Yesterday I read he was against schools playing western tunes in their bands . Ironically a Scottish New Year's Eve tune is part of the Regal TV nightly presentations . Auld Lang syne Thailand is slowly attempting under Junta rule to equate western thought as corrupting and wrong. Whilist their propaganda is correct thinking. Edited August 31, 2016 by Plutojames88 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LannaGuy Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 (edited) 26 minutes ago, Plutojames88 said: The real intension is to cultivate an ""US and Them "" mentality....Nationalistic Xenophobic mentality , so when sanctions are imposed his dialogue of "" Us Farangs wanting to hurt them "" resonates. Expats need to browse through military government tactics and warning signs. Yesterday I read he was against schools playing western tunes in their bands . Ironically a Scottish New Year's Eve tune is part of the Regal TV nightly presentations . Auld Lang syne Thailand is slowly attempting under Junta rule to equate western thought as corrupting and wrong. Whilist their propaganda is correct thinking. all true... but the paradigm has shifted and the dinosaurs cannot put the clock back you can buy a xenophobic Thai clock but you can't buy time Edited August 31, 2016 by LannaGuy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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