The Speech Delivered by Professor Dr. Kasem Suwanagul at the Press Conference Called by Deputy Prime Minister Pichai Ratakul to Introduce the National Distinguished Citizen of 1998
I feel greatly honored for being nominated
to receive the National Distinguished Citizen Award
for the Year 1998. To have and audience with His
Majesty the King who will graciously confered the
award is the highest honor that can be bestowed on
a man.
The committee has probably considered
that I have devoted myself to the development of
national education throughout my life, either as lec-
turer, President of Chulalongkom University, Chair-
man of the Chulalongkorn University Council or
Minister of University Affairs and Deputy Prime
Minister. However, in whichever position to which
we are assigned, doing our job to the best of our
ability is of great importance; honor, fame, or any
prize, is secondary to our determination to work
efficiently and to do the job for its ownsake. The
opportunity to do our job for the public should be
regarded as a success in itself. We should be our
own master and decide what and how to perform
our duties. Any prize or praise is not necessarily the
index of success.
I wish to offer the following advice to the
new generation of Thai Society : Be determined to
Affiliation : *Chairman of the University Council, Chulalongkom University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand.
Keywords : Ethics, Profession, Education
