Page 10, The Herald, Tuesday, July 17, 1979

= Still some
style left
in royalty

WUA HIN, Thailand (AP)
-— Queen Sirikit has at’ her
command’ the kind of
lifestyle most of the world’s
remaining rayalty can only
read about in their family
chronicles,

Instead she and King
Bhumipol Adulyadej spend
eight months ,of each year
mingling with the rural poor,
They have not been abroad
in 12 years and devote much
of their time to bridging the
gap between Thailand's poor
majority — the farmers —

and the
urbanites.

“TE you cannot abolish pov-
erty you can never bring
peace to the country,” she
Said in a recent interview at
4 palace south of Bangkok,”
the capital,

Queen Sirikit, a

more privileged

noblewoman who believes in

the gradual road to change,
sees her country's 700-year-
old royal tradition as having |
a key role to play in the

Siam,

’ future of Thailand, formerly

* universities who think the

“There are some in the

monarchy is. obsolete,” she
says, “But I think Thailand
still needs an understanding
monarch. At the call, ‘The
king is coming!’ thousands
will gather, The mere word
‘king’ has something magic
in it. This is wonderful.”
The queen, regarded by
many of her subjects as
semi-divine, has been
awarded the United Nations’
Ceres Medal for her work on
behalf of rural women.

Three years ago the 4§-
yearold queen started the
Foundation for the
Promotionof Supplementary
Occupations and Related
Techniques and it since has
helped thousands of rural
families earn extra income.

The foundation sets up co-
operatives,
women and then buys: their
products for se
Bangkok, The stress is on
revival of sometimes dying
handicrafts. . 7

The queen. frequently

high

trains rural
swomen.
sale in

carries handbags and wears
dresses miade of a wide
variety of traditional woven
cloth, ‘These were once
considered old-fashioned and
primitive but now are
Snapped up by Bangkok's
society: and the
diplomatic corps — boosting
income of the rural craft-

The queen is approached
by people seeking help for
everything from medical
bills to marital problems.
Sometimes villagers — and areas.”

eyen communist,

the ‘‘Queen's Cases."

civilized people

sym-
pathizers —. will whisper
stories of corruption and
poor treatment to her. “A
staff of about 50 follow up on

“Misunderstandings arise

between people in rural
areas and the rich, so-called

Bangkok,’” the queen Says.
beanke in rural Thailand
.say they are neglected and
we try to fill the gap by
staying with them in remote

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