Background Part2

Climate in Thailand is warm and rather humid tropical country and with long hours of sunshine. There are three seasons: summer season from March to May, rainy season from June to October and winter from November to February.

The population of Thailand is approximately 66.5 million (2010). The population includes 75% Thai, 14% Chinese, 3% Malays and also Khmer, Mon, Lao, Karen minorities, Vietnams, Indian and  others.

Buddhism, the national religion is the professed faith of 94.7% of the population. Theravada Buddhism is the state religion. Practically some-Thai males enter monkshood once in the lifetime to study the teachings of Load Buddha. The rest of the population embraces Islam, Christianity, Hinduism and other. There is absolute religious freedom. The King of Thailand under the constitution and in practice is patron of all major religions.

The official national Language spoken by almost 100% of the Thai population is Thai. The Thai language has its own alphabet. It is a tonal language. The most polysyllabic words in the vocabulary have been borrowed mainly from Khmer, Pali, Sanskrit. The other languages are Chinese and Malays. English is also well understood in most cities for visitors to communicate or bargain. The English language as subject is widely used in public school and Universities.

Thailand is governed by a constitutional monarchy with the bicameral Thai parliament into the National Assembly, which consists of a House of Representatives of 500 seats and senate of 200 seats. The head of government is the Prime Minister who is appointed by the king from among the members of the Lower House of parliament usually the leader of the party that can organize a majority coalition government.