Seven to be honoured

The awards ceremony will be held at a special fair hosted by the National Council on Social Welfare of Thailand at Suan Amporn on the day, which falls on November 15.

The awardees include blind massage therapist Winai Insamian, who devotes himself to helping the blind; schoolteachers Pitchayakorn Kusolkarn and Pornsiri Tanpattana, who are recognised as hard-working educators despite being deaf; and Professor Pasuk Mahakkanukrauh, a handicapped doctor and lecturer at Chiang Mai University. The others are Anchalee Sitti, a handicapped educator; Passapol Emradee, an intellectually challenged person who is commended for his strong sense of social responsibility and filial duty; and Suranat Intaraksa, an autistic man credited for his academic achievements as well as social responsibility.