Interior permanent secretary Unsit Sampuntharat has ordered provincial governors to collect royal fireboxes at Government House on Nov 20 for public sandalwood-flower offerings honouring the late Queen Mother.
Mr Unsit, on the royal cremation committee for Her Majesty Queen Sirikit The Queen Mother, said the Prime Minister’s Office has prepared flame lamps and fireboxes for the Bangkok governor and all provincial governors to light ceremonial fires for sandalwood flowers at 878 venues nationwide.
The handover is at 9.39am at the Santi Maitri Building, with Prime Minister and Interior Minister Anutin Charnvirakul presiding.
The Fine Arts Department said the preparations were more than 90% complete, with final detailing expected by the end of this month. Royal cremation ceremonies run Dec 15-19, the cremation on Dec 16.