BANGKOK, March 21 (TNA) – Thai Prime Minister Prayut
Chan-o-cha on Wednesday paid visits to many places in Bangkok and Chachoengsao
province including the Lumpini public park in the capital to meet people and
follow up government projects.
The tour started at the Lumpini park in the morning where
Prayut inspected the landscape improvement project. He also planted a yellow
star sapling which is the emblem of the late King Rama X.
The prime minister met park visitors and told them that the
park would have better parking lots and the government was developing 30 more
green areas in Bangkok.
During the visit, reporters asked how he prepared for the
general election. Prayut said he did not have any special preparation because
he had worked for the country for five years. Whether he would be the prime
minister after the election would depend on voters, he said.
He did not say if he would join a big campaign speech event
of the Palang Pracharath Party, of which he is the sole prime minister
candidate, on Friday. He declined to answer a reporter’s repeated question as
to what he would do if he loses in the general election. He said the question
was not of the national interest.
Later he went to the headquarters of the Tobacco Authority
of Thailand where he was briefed on progress in the 2nd and 3rd stages of the
Benjakitti forest park project.
Afterwards Prayut inspected the construction of the Red Line
railway (Bang Sue-Rangsit).
In the afternoon, the prime minister was scheduled to visit
Chachoengsao province to inspect the construction of the Automatic and Tyre
Testing, Research and Innovation Center. Then, he is scheduled to visit a
school to be briefed on local projects for the Eastern Economic Corridor scheme
and local tourism promotion projects. (TNA)
