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Happy New Year 2016 สวัสดีปีใหม่ 2559
Monthly Issue
ISSN 2051-2554
ISSUE 0095 (December 15 - January 16)
มองไปข้างหน้าฝ่าปีลงิ อ่านต่อหน้า 18,19
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amthai Event Highlights
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2016 New Year’s Greeting Card from the King ในหลวงพระราชทานพรปีใหม่ พร้อม ส.ค.ส. แก่ พสกนิกรชาวไทย อ่านต่อหน้า 3
Temple of Dawn highlighted as a new iconic landmark for Thailand
The Thailand’s countdown to 2016 took place for the first time at Wat Arun as the iconic venue to celebrate the arrival of New Year’s day. On the New Year’s Eve, as the clock strikes 12, Wat Arun’s distinctive spires were set to shine the brightest with 9-minute pyrotechnic displays of more than 5,500 fireworks, including 2,016 to ring in the global New Year and enter the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC), 2,559 to ring in Buddhist Year, and 999 to pay homage to His Majesty the King of Thailand (King Rama IX).