国际英语资讯:Thai government declares Nov. 4-5 as public holiday as Thailand hosts ASEAN summit
<p><span word="BANGKOK">BANGKOK</span>, <span word="Oct">Oct</span>. 15-- <span word="The">The</span> <span word="Thai">Thai</span> <span word="cabinet">cabinet</span> <span word="declared">declared</span> <span word="Nov">Nov</span>. 4-5 <span word="as">as</span> <span word="public">public</span> <span word="holidays">holidays</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Bangkok">Bangkok</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="adjacent">adjacent</span> <span word="province">province</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Nonthaburi">Nonthaburi</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="government">government</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="scheduled">scheduled</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="host">host</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Association">Association</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Southeast">Southeast</span> <span word="Asian">Asian</span> <span word="Nations">Nations</span> (<span word="ASEAN">ASEAN</span>) <span word="summit">summit</span>.</p><p><span word="Trisulee">Trisulee</span> <span word="Trisaranakul">Trisaranakul</span>, <span word="deputy">deputy</span> <span word="spokeswoman">spokeswoman</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Prime">Prime</span> <span word="Minister">Minister</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="Office">Office</span>, <span word="told">told</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="media">media</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Tuesday">Tuesday</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="two">two</span>-<span word="day">day</span> <span word="special">special</span> <span word="holiday">holiday</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="proposed">proposed</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Ministry">Ministry</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Foreign">Foreign</span> <span word="Affairs">Affairs</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="reduce">reduce</span> <span word="traffic">traffic</span> <span word="congestion">congestion</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="facilitate">facilitate</span> <span word="providing">providing</span> <span word="security">security</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="ASEAN">ASEAN</span> <span word="leaders">leaders</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="ASEAN">ASEAN</span> <span word="meetings">meetings</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="held">held</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="IMPACT">IMPACT</span> <span word="Muang">Muang</span> <span word="Thong">Thong</span> <span word="Thani">Thani</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Nonthaburi">Nonthaburi</span> <span word="province">province</span>, <span word="adjacent">adjacent</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="Bangkok">Bangkok</span>. <span word="About">About</span> 3,000 <span word="participants">participants</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="expected">expected</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="attend">attend</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="meetings">meetings</span>.</p><p><span word="However">However</span> <span word="Trisulee">Trisulee</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="discretion">discretion</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="state">state</span> <span word="enterprises">enterprises</span>, <span word="financial">financial</span> <span word="institutions">institutions</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="private">private</span> <span word="companies">companies</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="decide">decide</span> <span word="whether">whether</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="would">would</span> <span word="close">close</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="designated">designated</span> <span word="holidays">holidays</span>.</p><p><span word="Trisuless">Trisuless</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="some">some</span> <span word="units">units</span> <span word="which">which</span> <span word="provide">provide</span> <span word="service">service</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="public">public</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="able">able</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="close">close</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="services">services</span> <span word="may">may</span> <span word="affect">affect</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="operations">operations</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="public">public</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="state">state</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> 35<span word="th">th</span> <span word="ASEAN">ASEAN</span> <span word="summit">summit</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="attended">attended</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="leaders">leaders</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="delegates">delegates</span> <span word="from">from</span> 10 <span word="ASEAN">ASEAN</span> <span word="member">member</span> <span word="countries">countries</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="those">those</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="China">China</span>, <span word="South">South</span> <span word="Korea">Korea</span>, <span word="Japan">Japan</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="United">United</span> <span word="States">States</span>, <span word="Australia">Australia</span>, <span word="New">New</span> <span word="Zealand">Zealand</span>, <span word="India">India</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="United">United</span> <span word="Nations">Nations</span>.</p>
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