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.......For decades, one of the many royal duties of Her Majesty Queen Sirikit of Thailand is to
accompany His Majesty the King during visits to people in all parts of the kingdom.
........During such visits, and after encountering instances of substandard living conditions, among
some Thai people, Her Majesty graciously extended her assistance towards the relief of poverty by
encouraging new types of employment to improve family incomes.
........Through an interest in locally produced Thai handicrafts, Her Majesty arranged for
instructors to help villagers improve the quality of their products. Having achieved the necessary
skill levels, the villagers were then ableto sell their products to Her Majesty.
.........This project continued to expand and was formally established on July 21, 1976 as the
Foundation for the Promotion of Supplementary Occupations and Related Techniques under the
Royal Patronage of Her Majesty the Queen , or “SUPPORT” for short. Subsequently, Her Majesty
graciously agreed to chair the SUPPORT Foundation.
             
........The Head Office for the Foundation was set up at Chitralada Palace in Bangkok after Her
Majesty directed the start of a SUPPORT project in the palace compound on June 25, 1977. Later,
in 1980, Her Majesty requested Mr.Tanin Kraivixien, privy councillor and vice president of the
SUPPORT Foundation, to find a piece of land near Bang Pa-In for a second arts and crafts
training centre.
.........Mr.Tanin found twopromising plots of land which originally belonged to the Crown Property
Bureau but were later given by His Majesty the King to the Government for land reform project:
one piece of land was in the district of Ban Na, Nakhon Nayok Province, and another in Bangsai
District, Ayutthaya Province. Their Majesties paid a visit to the second site covering 450 acres
in Bangsai District on the east bank of the Chao Phraya River. This, they decided, should be the
location for a new training centre for arts and crafts.
........Following the establishment of Bangsai Arts and Crafts Centre in July, 1980, the Ministry of
Agriculture and Cooperatives undertook management responsibility after assignment. The Office
of Agricultural Land Reform had the task of overseeing site improvement and construction, and
the 21st Infantry Regiment Queen’s Guard of the Royal Thai Army was assigned to oversee
security and coordinate arts and crafts training at the Centre. Several other state agencies were
likewise involved.
  ..........Her Majesty Queen Sirikit presided over the inauguration ceremony on December 7, 1984
after which the Centre became “Bangsai Arts and Crafts Centre, the SUPPORT Foundation of
Her Majesty Queen Sirikit of Thailand.” In short, “Bangsai SUPPORT Centre”.
             
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