People allowed to pay respectsto late Thai King's body without deadline

BANGKOK, October 26 (TNA) - The Bureau of the Royal Household will allow people from all walks of life nationwide to pay their respects to late His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej's body at Bangkok's Grand Palace without deadline. Minister Attached to the Prime Minister's Office Suwaphan Tanyuwattana, in his capacity as the secretary of the Thai government's Situation Monitoring Command Centre, quoted the Bureau of the Royal Household's statement at a press conference in Bangkok on Wednesday. Suwaphan said, given the limited space, about 10,000 people should be allowed to pay their respects to the late and beloved Thai King's body daily as of October 29. Suwaphan revealed that his ad-hoc command centre has prepared entry and exit points, queuing No. collecting points and rest areas for the public, while traffic will be closed off in the vicinity of the Grand Palace, starting from 7am, but public buses run by Bangkok Mass Transit Authority will take and drop people at publicly-announced locations near the Grand Palace. Besides, the Ministry of Transport will provide free boat rides from Sathon Pier to Ta Chang Pier near the Grand Palace as of October 29, with each boat carrying about 400 passengers. According to the minister, medical and public health services will also be provided for the public, while the Ministry of Social Development and Human Security will provide wrist bands to children in order for their parents to write down contact information to prevent the children from going missing. In the meantime, the Ministry of Interior reported that over 3.4 million people have signed the books of condolences at the Grand Palace since late His Majesty the King's passing on October 13. Meanwhile, the public are encouraged to travel to 70 locations nationwide where late His Majesty the King had visited to follow the late and revered Thai monarch footsteps over the past 70 years. (TNA)