Aomsin Cheewapruek, the Minister to the Prime Minister’s Office, said that the government is planning to give southern flood victims transistor radios, so that they can catch up with the latest news and announcements about the floods.
The minister said the government is considering giving away transistor radios because they’re inexpensive, and they are estimating the budget they’d need. While the Natural Disaster Aid Fund, controlled by the Prime Minister’s office, receives a considerable allotment, they want to purposefully help the victims by giving necessary items instead of handing out money, Matichon reported.
He also said that the government has agreed to give THB50,000 cash in compensation to victims who lost family members in the flood. For other aid, Aomsin explained that each administration has its plan and budget to help the affected areas recover.
In case you are a millennial, a transistor radio is a portable radio receiver that changed the way people listened to broadcast programs. It became popular in Thailand in the 1960s and is still seen as a major media instrument in rural areas. “Monrak Luk Thung” or “Sounds from the Field of Love,” a classic musical romance film that was an enormous success in 1970, is still heavily associated with transistor radios for rural Thais.
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