BANGKOK, Sept 28 (TNA) — Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin announced to donate his salary and meeting allowances to various charitable foundations to help the vulnerable group of people in the country, according to the Government Spokesperson Chai Wacharonke.
Mr Chai said that Mr Srettha who is also Minister of Finance concurrently wanted to donate all of his montly income from the Prime Minister and Finance Minister posts to assist the vulnarable group of people in the society that needed help.
He said Mr Srettha came up with the idea that “giving” was a good thing and he wanted to begin from himself. He, therefore, will donate every single baht from his montly income – a total of 125,590 baht (comprising a 75,590-baht salary and a 50,000-baht position allowance), to charitable foundations.
Mr Chai said the staff would select the foundations to receive the prime minister’s donations and the first donation would be given to Foundation for Children. He added that Mr Srettha would try to find a chance to meet the non-profit organisations and charitable foundations to listen to thier problems and the help they needed to find the solutions. (TNA)
