A proposal has been presented to the government's situation monitoring command centre to introduce an online registration system to manage arrivals of mourners from all over the country travelling to Bangkok to pay their respects to King Bhumibol at the Dusit Maha Prasat Throne Hall in the Grand Palace.
The idea was suggested by the joint Peace and Order Administration Centre (POAC), which coordinates activities around the Grand Palace, at the daily meeting of the command centre on Sunday.
First Army deputy commander Maj Gen Thammanoon Withee, who is deputy director of the POAC, said the centre suggested people be required to register online so that authorities could manage the number of mourners and notify them when to come to the Grand Palace.
“It will create convenience for the people as they will know exactly on which day they should come, instead of making a journey to the grand palace without knowing if they will get a chance to prostrate themselves before His Majesty,” Maj Gen Thammanoon said.
The Interior Ministry's Damrong Tham Centre in each province would be used to assist people who are computer illiterate and have no access to computers once the system is launched, with the help of village chiefs and kamnans, he added.
Prime Minister's Office Minister Suwapan Tanyuwattana, who is also the secretary of the government's monitoring command centre, said the latest measure on Saturday to allow mourners to enter the Dusit Maha Prasat Throne Hall in groups of 70 at a time instead of previously issuing a daily quota of 10,000 queue tickets, had allowed 30,000 people to enter the throne hall.
The meeting also talked about preparations for the reopening of the Grand Palace to tourists on Tuesday.
Mr Suwapan said decisions on managing traffic and visitors, whether mourner or tourist, and other matters would be released on Monday.