Schedule of Press Conference
The Morning Ceremony of Offering Alms To 1,000,000 Monks From All Temples Nationwide
For Celebrating the Lord Buddha’s 2,600th Enlightenment Day
Thursday March 1st, 2012
At Rattanakosin Room
Bangkok Metropolitan Administration City Hall 1
Sao Ching Cha Sub-District, Phra Nakhon District, Bangkok
The morning ceremony of offering alms to 1,000,000 monks from all temples nationwide
10:15 am Registering and receiving the souvenir / watching video “The Morning Ceremony of Offering Alms to 1,000,000 Monks
10:30 am Phraphromdilok (the abbot of Sam Phraya Temple, the 14th Regional Buddhist Governor, and Committee of the Sangha Supreme Council of Thailand) gives the Complimentary Statement
10:55 am Taking a group picture
11:00 am Giving information by
1. M.R. Sukhumbhand Paribatra, The Bangkok Governor
2. Pol.Maj.Gen. Worasak Nopsittiporn, Deputy Metropolitan Police Commissioner
3. Mr.Nopparat Benjawatananun, Director General of the Office of National Buddhism
4. Dr. Pornchai Pinyapong, the President of the World Fellowship of Buddhist Youth
5. ACM Weerawuth Lawapaoraya, the President of the Confederation of Nation
6. Ms. Nawarat Rudeephipattanapong, the committee chairman of Saengmitr Electric Co.,Ltd., is the representative of laypeople
7. Mr. Ongard Lertsookkamon, the Deputy Director of Marketing at CentralWorld Department Store
11:50 am Questions and Answers session
12:00 pm The End
Translated by Chadawee Chaipooripat