Privy Council president Gen Prem Tinsulanonda arrives at Siriraj Hospital on March 17 to preside over a fund-raising event for the construction of a building at the hospital. (Bangkok Post file photo)Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha will on Monday lead cabinet members and top brass to call on Privy Council president Prem Tinsulanonda at his Si Sao Thewes residence to ask for his blessings on the occasion of Songkran, the traditional Thai New Year. Lt Gen Pissanu Putthawong, chief of the Office of Gen Prem Tinsulanonda Foundation, said the courtesy call would be simple without fanfare. "Gen Prem is now in good health. Gen Prem, 97, served as prime minister for nine years to 1988.

Source: Bangkok Post April 09, 2017 07:41 UTC