March 9 | Puey Ungphakorn Day

One of the most important ideas of Puey Ungphakorn was the vision of “quality of life from the womb to the tomb.” After 110 years, an important question remains: has the quality of life of Thai people moved closer to, or further away from, his ideal?
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Perhaps there is no single answer. Yet it is a question that invites Thai society to reflect on fairness, access to education, and life security so that “development” is measured not only by economic numbers, but by the true well-being of people.