On September 21, 2021, Labour Minister Mr. Suchart Chomklin assigned Assistant Labour Minister Mr. Surachai Chaitrakulthong to visit the area to hand over one bag of 5 rice weighing 5 kilograms each to each household for a total of 7,700 households, at three points in the Din Daeng community. Secretariat to the Labour Minister Mr. Suthep Chitayawong and the Ministry of Labour’s Spokesperson (on politics) Mrs. Theanrat Nawamawat also joined the occasion. The first point was the Din Daeng City Rehabilitation Project Phase 1 (Din Daeng Plan G) project behind the Muhayireen Mosque. Mr. Samai Saengchat, Chairperson of the Community Committee of the Din Daeng City Rehabilitation Project Phase 1 (Din Daeng Plan G), received the goods. The second point was at the field of the 8-story building, Pracha Songkhro Intersection, opposite Phibun Prachasan School, whereby Mrs. Siriphen Sapna, Chairperson of Din Daeng 1 Community Housing, was the recipient. The third point was at the sports ground area 51, Soi Pracha Songkhro 11, near the Din Daeng 2 Community Housing Market, whereby Mr. Wichan Kheewkaew, Chairperson of the Din Daeng 2 Community Housing Committee, was the recipient. Mr. Surachai said that Prime Minister General Prayuth Chan-ocha and Deputy Prime Minister General Prawit Wongsuwan, who oversees the Ministry of Labour, is concerned about workers and the general public who have been affected by the COVID-19 situation, especially the elderly, young children, bedridden patients, and the residents of the Din Daeng flats. They have no income due to the impact of the virus. Therefore, the Ministry of Labour, by the Labour Minister, assigned him to visit the area to deliver 5-kilogram rice bags, at one bag per family, for 7,700 households. The effort will alleviate the suffering of members in the Din Daeng community who have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic to help alleviate the burden of family expenses.
The Din Daeng Housing Community has 55 residential buildings, comprising 7,700 rooms, with 29,810 residents. There are 300 households with elderly people who cannot help themselves, and 100 households with people with disabilities need to be cared for. For COVID-19 prevention measures, the Din Daeng Community Housing Board encourages residents to wear masks at all times when leaving the accommodation, implements COVID-19 screening test for merchants in the Din Daeng Community Housing Market, and urges the implementation of the CCSA’s measures too.
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Division of Public Relations
21 September 2021
