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Founded
in 1979, The Supplementary Occupations Training Center in the
Chitralada Palace is a center for the promotion of Supplementary
Occupations nationwide. Her Majesty the Queen and the Royal
Family select members of The poor families to be trained at the
center. Not only gaining knowledge about handicrafts ranging
from silver and golden neilloware, silverware, goldenware to
silk and cotton weaving, accommodation, and other fringe
benefits are also available.
Nowadays,
handicrafts made by the trainees of the Supplementary
Occupations Training Center at the Chitralada Palace and by the
local people all over the country are displayed at a handicraft
showroom in the compound of the Chitralada Palace. Visitors are
allowed to appriciate and purchase them during working hours.
It
might be said that is the leader in the promotion of textiles as she always wears mat mi silk clothings both
in Thai and international styles and also persuades her ladies-in-waiting-to
wear clothes of mat mi materials.
For
further promotion. Her Majesty the Queen has many times given
instructions that silk and mat mi fashion shows and sales be
arranged both in the Palace and other places. Unsurprisingly,
supports come from many sharable persons.
Her
Majesty's determination to assist the poor people and to revive
and conserve traditional Thai handicrafts is deeply appreciated
by the Thai citizen. |
