By Harrison George |
<p>The Thai Health Promotion Foundation has fallen foul of the anti-corruption vigilantes, who claim that the Foundation has been supporting all sorts of activities that are beyond its mandate, wilfully and wantonly squandering the taxpayers’ hard-earned money.</p>
<p>Well, no.</p>
<p>An ABAC opinion survey conducted on 5 Dec after the broadcast ceremony celebrating HM the King’s birthday found that among 1,147 respondents across the country, 81.9% said they were inspired to cope with their own problems in life. The level of happiness among Thais reached 9.86 on a 10-point scale, even higher than the level of 9.21 at the 60th anniversary of HM’s ascension to the throne in June 2006.</p>