News Releases
10 October 2019
The Treasury Department joins hands with U City to revitalize more than 130-year-old Custom House in the historic Charoen Krung neighborhood on the Chao Phraya River
U City Public Company Limited, in cooperation with the Fine Arts Department, has officially commenced an archaeological and architectural project on The Custom House, or Rong Phasi Roi Chak Sam, on a bank of the Chao Phraya River. The initiative will seek to restore the more than 130-year-old property into its glorious previous state with the aim of promoting heritage tourism in the community of Charoen Krung.
Present in photo (from left to right):
- Mrs. Pranorm Klangtong, Deputy Director-General of the Fine Arts Department and Acting Director-General
- Mr. Amnuay Preemonwong, a former Director-General of the Treasury Department
- Mr. Keeree Kanjanapas, Chairman of the Board of Directors, U City Public Company Limited
- Mr. Ittipol Khunpluem, Minister of Culture
- Mr. Santi Prompat, Deputy Minister of Finance
- Mr. Kavin Kanjanapas, Director, U City Public Company Limited
- Mrs. Suksiri Boonyasait, Deputy Director-General of State Property, the Treasury Department
- Ms. Piyaporn Phanachet, Chief Executive Officer, U City Public Company Limited