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Today in a small town, where the mountains rise from the plain, the yellow shirts are out in force. These celebrations have potency and on-going interest far from Bangkok. I am almost expecting that for the rest of the year, up until the King’s birthday and beyond, this current generation of yellow shirts will continue to be worn day-to-day. They are a great look, one of these days I will need to get one myself.
One of the reasons for the pervasive Yellow Mondays is because every (royal) government offices (and a number of private companies) throughout the country has issued an “invitation for cooperation” asking their employees to wear yellow shirts everyday from 1-15 June and every monday after that until the end of the year. Yes, you’re right. The Yellow Mondays will continue to be in force till the end of the year.
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Varaporn,
Thanks for pointing out the existence of this “invitation”. I look forward to the many yellow Mondays to come.
NSF
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