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Subject: |
1. Prince
Damrong Rachanuphaap,
the first
Mahatthai
or minister of
the
Ministry of Interior, who
laid down its foundation work; 2. people exercising their franchise
by casting votes in a democratic
process, with a logo of three human arms grasping each other at the upper
wrist and thus forming a triangle, with at its centre the display a ballot box,
while in the background is a
silhouette of
the top part of the dome-shaped pedestal of
the
Democracy Monument
(fig.),
with a
phaan, i.e. a bowl
with a foot (fig.),
holding the Book
of Constitution (fig.);
3. some of the organizations attached to the
Ministry of Interior, which
aim at helping people in their living conditions, such as maintaining
national security and
territorial integrity, and relieving public danger, with illustrations of
various branches of the
Royal Thai Police,
the Fire Brigade, which in Thai is known as
kong dap phleung and
until
1937
was a division
of the Royal Thai Police, and soldiers of the
Royal Thai Armed Forces,
which in Thai are referred to as
kong thap;
4. a child filling a bucket of water from a tap in a hilly location,
referring to the development of the living conditions of the population in
remote areas, by decentralizing various public utilities, such as roads,
electricity and water, to those areas. |
