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Source: National News Bureau of Thailand (Bangkok)
Thailand's Deputy Secretary-general to the Prime Minister and acting Government Spokesman, Panitharn Wattanayakorn, announced earlier today that the cabinet had approved the extension of the current 3-day Songkran public holidays for 2 additional days; Thursday and Friday, April 16 and 17, 2009.
As was the case last week, when the government of Thailand declared a one-off public holiday (09-Apr-2009 and 10-Apr-2009), the president of Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET), Patareeya Benjapolchai, said, after the cabinet announcement, that the SET would operate as normal on Thursday and Friday, April 16 and 17, 2009.
The Bank of Thailand (BoT) also advised commercial banks to be open for normal services on Thursday and Friday, April 16 and 17, 2009.
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Thailand Declares 2 Additional Public Holidays This Week