Sept 4 and 7 approved as Songkran holidays
published : 13 Aug 2020 at 14:42
writer: Gary Boyle
ORIGINAL SOURCE/WRITER: Online Reporters
The cabinet has given the green light to approve Sept 4 and Sept 7 as substitute Songkran holidays, creating another four-day holiday next month.
A source at its meeting said the cabinet on Thursday approved two more public holidays — Friday, Sept 4 and Monday, Sept 7 — as substitute days for Songkran holidays, which were earlier put on hold due to the outbreak of Covid-19.
This would create a four-day public holiday during Sept 4-7.
Before the cabinet meeting, Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam and Culture Minister Itthiphol Kunplome disclosed that the meeting might consider the two remaining days of Songkran holidays after it earlier approved July 27 as a public holiday, Thai media reported.
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Vocabulary
- cabinet: the group of government ministers who make and approve government policy - คณะรัฐมนตรี
- disclose: to give information to people - เปิดเผย
- substitute: a person or thing that is used instead of another person or thing - คนหรือสิ่งที่เข้าแทน
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- holidays
- public holidays
- cabinet meeting