{"id":81739,"date":"2017-06-21T09:32:03","date_gmt":"2017-06-21T09:32:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=fec621024b3a8ef9258c991314e17080"},"modified":"2017-06-21T09:32:03","modified_gmt":"2017-06-21T09:32:03","slug":"speech-british-ambassadors-speech-at-the-queens-birthday-party-2017-in-thailand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=81739","title":{"rendered":"Speech: British Ambassador&#8217;s speech at The Queen&#8217;s Birthday Party 2017  in Thailand"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>Thank you for joining us to congratulate Her Majesty the Queen on her 91st Birthday. And to celebrate the relationship between the UK and Thailand which is now entering its 5th Century.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you all for coming tonight and particular thanks also to our generous Thai and British company sponsors.<\/p>\n<p>We will now hear our two Anthems performed by the children of St Regents School Bangkok.<\/p>\n<p>Ladies and Gentlemen<\/p>\n<p>Our theme this evening is \u201cPartnerships for a New Generation\u201d. \u201cNew Generation\u201d being not just about youth but about a new wave of innovation, research, education, trade and investment, which will form the basis of a dynamic modern partnership between the UK and Thailand.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"image embedded\">\n<div class=\"img\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"QBP2017\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/image_data\/file\/64293\/UK-15Jun17-124960x640.jpg\"><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>A partnership that already sees the UK as one of the leading European investors in Thailand with a stock of c. \u00a39 billion. And Thai investment in the UK on the increase. That sees many famous British brands already here &#8211; and represented tonight. And many more looking to use Thailand as their springboard into the ASEAN \u2013 attracted by the ambition of Thailand 4.0.<\/p>\n<p>A partnership that sees the UK committing a further \u00a39 million under the Newton Fund \u2013 to support the continued excellence of the UK \/Thailand research base and innovation ecosystem.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"image embedded\">\n<div class=\"img\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"QBP2017\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/image_data\/file\/64294\/UK-15Jun17-139960x640.jpg\"><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>And a partnership that this year celebrates the 65th Anniversary of British Council in Thailand. And which will further our strong collaboration on education and culture<\/p>\n<p>Tonight, we are very pleased to have a range of showcases which describe our commitment to creating \u201cPartnerships for a New Generation\u201d and especially the four international schools here tonight \u2013 Harrow, Shrewsbury, St Regents and St Andrews \u2013 whose students and showcases truly epitomise our theme.<\/p>\n<p>Please enjoy this evening \u2013 and our fantastic jazz band, from Harrow School.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brian Davidson, British Ambassador to Thailand, delivered the following speech at the Queen&#8217;s Birthday Party on 15 June 2017.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81739"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=81739"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81739\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=81739"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=81739"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=81739"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}