{"id":711,"date":"2007-04-27T02:02:38","date_gmt":"2007-04-27T02:02:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/sea\/?p=711"},"modified":"2020-10-20T02:03:13","modified_gmt":"2020-10-20T02:03:13","slug":"thai-princess-performed-with-the-nus-thai-music-ensemble","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/sea\/2007\/04\/27\/thai-princess-performed-with-the-nus-thai-music-ensemble\/","title":{"rendered":"Thai Princess performed with the NUS Thai Music Ensemble"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thai princess ends fruitful visit to S’pore<\/strong>, The Straits Times, Thursday 26 April 2007.<\/em><\/p>\n

PRINCESS Maha Chakri Sirindhom\u00a0of Thailand wrapped up a\u00a0three-day visit to Singapore\u00a0yesterday.<\/p>\n

She made four stops on her\u00a0last day here, which started at\u00a09.30am and included a visit to\u00a0the Genome Institute of Singapore\u00a0(GIS) in Buona Vista.<\/p>\n

Touring the institute’s\u00a0research facilities, the princess\u00a0showed”, “good grasp and\u00a0great interest” in genetic sciences,\u00a0said GIS’ deputy director,\u00a0Associate Professor Lawrence\u00a0Stanton.<\/p>\n

Her three-day visit began, with the launch of the International\u00a0Convention for Rehabilitation\u00a0Engineering and Assistive\u00a0Technology.<\/p>\n

The inaugural conference\u00a0and exhibition, which ends today,\u00a0showcases devices and\u00a0technology designed to rehabilitate\u00a0people with disabilities:<\/p>\n

Known for her involvement\u00a0in community and social development projects, the princess’
\ninterest in health care stems\u00a0from the influence of her grandparents,\u00a0who were trained medical\u00a0personnel.<\/p>\n

In addition to her visits, she\u00a0also made personal donations\u00a0of $5,000 each to three centres for the disabled – the Rainbow Centre and Margaret Drive Special School, SIA-Minds Employment Development Centre, and the Tan Tock Seng Hospital Rehabilitation Centre.<\/p>\n

On the diplomatic front” she\u00a0met Singapore’s leaders,\u00a0including Prime Minister Lee\u00a0Hsien Loong who hosted a\u00a0lunch for her at the Istana.<\/p>\n

The warm hospitality shown\u00a0her left the princess “extremely\u00a0pleased” with her visit, said\u00a0the Thai Ambassador to\u00a0Singapore, Mr Chalermpol\u00a0Thanchitt.<\/p>\n

It was not all work, though.\u00a0She found time to attend a concert at the University Cultural Centre in Kent Ridge on Monday.<\/p>\n

The Singapore Chinese\u00a0Orchestra (SCO) performed\u00a0two songs composed, by the\u00a0princess.<\/p>\n

She gamely agreed to join\u00a0the orchestra on stage, playing\u00a0a tune on the sor duang<\/em> (a
\ntwo-string violin-like Thai instrument)\u00a0with the National\u00a0University of Singapore Thai\u00a0Music Ensemble and SCO.<\/p>\n

The rare royal performance received a standing ovation.<\/p>\n

Said Mr Chalermpol: “It\u00a0was a great show of friendship\u00a0and unity.”<\/p>\n

View the original article<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Thai princess ends fruitful visit to S’pore, The Straits Times, Thursday 26 April 2007. PRINCESS Maha Chakri Sirindhom\u00a0of Thailand wrapped up a\u00a0three-day visit to Singapore\u00a0yesterday. She made four stops on her\u00a0last day here, which started at\u00a09.30am and included a visit to\u00a0the Genome Institute of Singapore\u00a0(GIS) in Buona Vista. Touring the institute’s\u00a0research facilities, the princess\u00a0showed”, “good […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":89,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[79,111],"class_list":["post-711","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-in-the-news","tag-in-the-news","tag-thai-music"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/sea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/711","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/sea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/sea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/sea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/89"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/sea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=711"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/sea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/711\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":712,"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/sea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/711\/revisions\/712"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/sea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=711"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/sea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=711"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/sea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}