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Lørdag den 13 Juni kl. 09.09 ville der blive sat på plads en statue af Hans Højhed Kong CHULALONGKORN, bedre kendt som Kong RAMA 5 , i det lille have bag Asia House ved Indiakaj 16, 2100 Kbh Ø, (soklen i marmor er allerede placeret).
Kong Rama 5 regerede i årene 1868 til 1910. Han har besøgte Danmark ved to lejligheder, hvor han var ofte gæst i Asia House.
<< King Rama V
(His Majesty King Chulalongkorn) Lived 1853-1910, reigned 1868-1910.

For the first few years of his reign there was a regency. The king was an advocate of modernisation and had Europeans employed on projects such as the first railway. Continuing the out-going attitude of his predecessor, he visited Europe twice, in 1897 and 1907, and became friendly with other European rulers, bonds which still exist today. He also visited the Malay States and the Dutch East Indies.
He sent his sons to Europe to study, in England, and later for military training in Denmark, Germany & Russia. By being prepared to lose some border territories he saved Siam from being colonised, and it is he who must be thanked for the fact that Siam was never colonised during this period of empire building by foreign nations. He also built up the modern army, and established the first public museum.
He introduced the Baht – still the official currency today - and reformed taxation so that taxes were paid direct to the government, rather than being collected by corrupt middlemen. He abolished the practice of prostration* before the king and also abolished slavery in 1905 >>

*= at ligge henstrakt ned i "støvet".

I forbindelse med inaugurationen af Mindesmærket ville det blive fremstillet og solgt en mindemedallion, som kan bestilles inden d. 31 - 05-2009, hos enten Khun Noo ved Denn Jai Marked, Revetlongade tlf. : 33 79 70 60 eller hos Pa Duan ved Thai Esan I restaurant, lille Istegade ,tlf.: 33 24 98 54. Medallionen ville blive udleveret ved indvielsen af rytterstatuen.
Som "notabiliteter" som ville være til stede kan bl. a. nævnes, H.K.H. Prins Henrik, den Thailandske Ambassadør, Abbeden Luang Phra Somsak og munke fra Wat Pa - Dragør (og sikkert også dem fra Stenløse) samt representanter fra Thai-Dansk Handelskammer, og Hr. Søren Birch-Rasmussen fra bl.a. LIONS Club i DK og andre.

Gæsterne som måtte ønske at deltage i højtidligheden anmodes venligt om at klæde sig passende (!).
F.x. bedes kvinder at klæde sig i en lyserød traditionelt Thai dragt og mænd bedes iføre sig jakkesæt med tilhørende lyserødt slips.

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M.h.t. munkene som ville være til stede :
Rettelse:
- Luang Phra (Ajarn) Somsak fra Wat Pa - Dragør.
- Abbeden fra Wat Thai - Stenløse .
- En munk fra Dammakhaya ( Næstved eller ????).