Prayut to open boy scouts’ meeting in Pattani
Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha will travel to the deep South province of Pattani on Wednesday, where he will preside over the opening ceremony of a boy scouts’ meeting, a government spokeswoman said on Monday.
The premier and his Cabinet members will leave Bangkok at 7am by C-130 aircraft from a military airport and fly straight to Pattani Airport in Nong Chik district.
Prayut and his entourage will then go to Central Stadium for the official opening of the 13th meeting of scouts in the Southern border provinces.
Colonel Taksada Sangkachan said the five-day meeting would start on Tuesday with the aim of showing the Asean Community the potential of the scouting movement in the Southern border provinces.
After that, the premier will chair a meeting on economic and society development for the border region, the spokeswoman said.
In the afternoon, Prayut will hand over sporting equipment to representatives of five schools in Kokepho district before visiting a community where Buddhists and Muslims live together in harmony.
He will leave for Bangkok in the evening. This will be the second time Prayut has visited Pattani as prime minister. His first visit was made in November last year.