Thailand to Make Largest Sticky Rice with Mango

BANGKOK, Jan 19 (TNA) - The National Legislative Assembly (NLA) has cooperated with several public and private agencies, including Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT), in organising the event to make the world’s largest sticky rice with mango. Some 10,000 Chinese tourists will be invited and join in eating the Thai dessert. The event will be held near the Muang Thong Thani lake, starting from 2 pm. It will be broadcast live by MCOT HD 30, at 6.30 p.m. Police General Pichit Kuandachakupt, chairman of NLA’s Committee on Religion, Art, Culture and Tourism said the Sunday’s programme is called ‘We Care About You’ and is designed to further boost warm relations between Thai and Chinese poeple and to also persuade more Chinese tourists to visit the kingdom. The world’s largest sticky rice with mango is expected to be recorded in the Guinness World Records because it will use about 1,500 kilogrammes of sticky rice and 6,000 mangoes. It would weight approximately 5 tonnes. (TNA)