BANGKOK, Oct 14 (TNA) — Huge crowds of Thai and foreign people wearing yellow clothes gathered at Siriraj Hospital in Bangkok to remember the passing of King Rama IX on Oct 13.
They attended an event organized by the Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital to mark the third anniversary of the death of King Bhumibol Adulyadej. They people paid homage to the late king and remembered his great contributions to the nation.
In the morning many people raised the portraits of King Rama IX and sang the late king’s royal compositions.
In the afternoon, Sumet Tantivejkul, secretary-general of the Chaipattana Foundation, and Dr Prasit Watanapa, dean of the Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, delivered their speeches about King Rama IX.
At 6pm-6.30pm in front of Prince Mahidol Statue, personnel of the faculty and general people wore yellow clothes, lit candles, observed 89 seconds’ silence and sang King Rama IX’s composition, the Noblest Dream, and the royal anthem. (TNA)
