HRH Crown Prince of Bhutan Plans to Visit Bhutan Garden
in Royal Flora Expo in Thailand
Chiang Mai, Thailand-November 12, 2006

The Royal Bhutan Embassy in Bangkok, Thailand, revealed that, on this November 24, 2006, His Royal Highness Crown Prince Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck of the Kingdom of Bhutan planned to visit Bhutan Garden at “Royal Flora Ratchaphruek 2006,” International Horticultural Exposition for His Majesty the King (November 1, 2006 – January 31, 2007, in Chiang Mai, Thailand.)

HRH Crown Prince Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, born February 21, 1980, is the son of the current King of Bhutan, Jigme Singye Wangchuck and His third wife Queen Ashi Tshering Yangdon Wangchuck. After completing His basic education in Bhutan, Prince Jigme studied abroad in the Cushing Academy and the Wheaton College in Massachusetts before graduating from Magdalen College, Oxford University, where he completed the Foreign Service Program and the M Phil program in Politics.

Bhutan Garden is elaborately built by the Royal Bhutan Government (represented by Ministry of Agriculture of Bhutan) with a budget of almost 10 million baht (263,000 USD) as a permanent gift in celebration of His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand. It stands on a 500-square-meter area in “International Outdoor Garden” zone of the Royal Flora Ratchaphruek 2006. Its notable stone wall and garden design have received a great deal of attention from the public for its distinctive architectural design, including a pray-bell, a unique Bhutanese feature that Bhutan revealed was built especially for His Majesty the King.

During HRH Crown Prince of Bhutan’s visit, the exposition will be open for the public as usual.

For more information of the “Royal Flora Ratchaphruek 2006,” please contact the expo’s Call Center at +66 2686 7272 or e-mail: info@royalfloraexpo.com. Admission tickets are available online at www.royalfloraexpo.com.

For more information:
Mr. Ekachon Worapatrahirunyamas
Project Management Office
For Event Operations, Activities, and Communications
Mobile: +66 1837 6442
Fax: +66 53 114 009
E-mail: ekachon@royalfloraexpo.com