Special issue to commemorate Queen’s 6th cycle birthday anniversary 12th August 2004.

To celebrate the auspicious occasion of Her Majesty the Queen’s 6th cycle birthday anniversary 12th August 2004, and honour Her Majesty’s kindness in dedicating not only her physical and mental energy but also her personal funds for the well-being of the nation and her people, the Bank of Thailand takes this opportunity to issue the 100 baht commemorative banknote to express highest gratitude to the Queen. The proceeds, after reduction of face value and cost, will be presented to Her Majesty for her royal cause.

Throughout the 54 years as the Queen, Her Majesty has been at the King’s side to perform royal duties, constantly providing moral support and tirelessly sharing all the royal responsibility. Many royal projects were launched by Her Majesty to relieve hardship of the people as well as to improve their standard of living. Under Her Majesty’s royal patronage and chairmanship, Foundation for the Promotion of Supplementary Occupations and Related Techniques, or SUPPORT, was founded. Many SUPPORT project centers were also set up throughout the country to provide training in artworks and handicrafts such as nielloware, gold, and silver handicrafts, ‘yan lipao’ basketry, and cloth-weaving namely Silk, Chok and Phrae Wa. Moreover, Her Majesty also pays special attention to the quality of SUPPORT products and often gives advice and encouragement for products improvement. Taking the lead in using SUPPORT products, Her Majesty also promotes the SUPPORT handicrafts both at home and aboard, thus helping to supplement farmers’ basic income as well as preserving the Thai cultural heritage.

Another major royal duty is preservation and development of nature resources and environment. Her Majesty initiated many projects such as the “Forest –Loves-Water” Project and the “Little House in the Big Forest” Project to rehabilitate deteriorated forests and conserve wild animals as well as to provided land and occupations for impoverished farmers. Others royal projects include the setting up of research station for breeding wild animals and marine turtles of various species.