The Tsunami Memorial committee selects five designs for the memorial short list.
"Years from now, the tsunami that struck the Andaman beaches will be remembered in the form of a multi-million-baht memorial to be built in Khao Lak Lamru National Park. The tsunami memorial committee said yesterday that it had shortlisted five of the 379 entries received from 43 countries since the government announced the design competition in September. The designs â€" from China, the United States, Finland, Spain and Australia â€" were chosen by a special jury for the final selection stage.
“This memorial will not just be a concrete building, it will represent complexity, love and sadness. It will comprise a knowledge centre featuring information on natural disasters, especially tsunamis,†said Apinan Poshyananda, chairman of the competition panel and director-general of the Office of Contemporary Art and Culture under the Culture Ministry."
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