Extra day for Songkran?
The Permanent Secretary for the Prime Minister's Office will seek Cabinet approval today to extend the Songkran holiday by a day until April 17, a source at Government House said yesterday.
The Thai New Year falls on April 13 to 15 every year, and according to a Cabinet resolution made on May 1, 2001, if a yearly holiday falls on the weekend, the next weekday can be made a holiday in lieu. Therefore, this year's Songkran festival should last four days, from Friday, April 13, to Monday, April 16. However, since this holiday period is when most people visit families in their hometowns, the office will ask the Cabinet to consider if it should give an additional day's holiday on April 17, the source said. Commercial banks have said they would follow the Bank of Thailand's decision on the length of the break, while state enterprises will follow the State Enterprise Labour Relations Act 2000.
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