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Published on September 25, 2007

The land near Bor Thong airfield in Nong Chik district was purchased by Her Majesty personally.

The accommodation will be ready in the next six months.

There will be a library, gymnasium and a sports arena. Her Majesty would pay for the construction.

Naphol did not specify how many teachers the accommodation would house. Living quarters would be paid for by the government.

"The complex will serve as a coordination centre to bond together teachers working in all three provinces. There will be vocational-training centres that will serve both Buddhist and Muslim locals," he said.

He said similar facilities and projects initiated by Her Majesty in many districts in the three provinces had been successful.

Her Majesty devised the plan during her annual trip to Narathiwat in August after becoming concerned about poor morale among state-school teachers in the South.

Naphol said Her Majesty considered it vital teachers in the three provinces maintained education standards and the teaching of the Thai language to Muslim students.

The Nation