ROYAL SPEND TIME WITH PANDA CUB

       HRH Princess Srirasmi and her son HRH Prince Dipangkorn Rasmijoti visited panda cub Lin Ping and other animals at Chiang Mai Zoo yesterday.
       This was the third visit by the Prince to see the zoo's pandas.
       Accompanied by 10 families of the Prince's friends, the two went to the panda clinic and the Prince jumpted with joy when he apotted the cuddly cub inside a basket.
       The Princess gently held the 6,035-gram cub in her arms, while the curious Prince lightly patted by the princess. The Princess commented that the cub was very cute and and it was a good opportunity for her to hold the cub.
       The Prince brought a panda doll to Lin Ping and played with it for a while. After zoo staff took Lin Ping back to its mother, Lin Hui, they also observed the two pandas for five minutes.
       The Prince, who next wanted to visit the zoo's aquarium, also hugged panda researcher Ratchaneewan Khejarawong and said "thank you". The Princess and her son also visited Chuang Chuang in the panda display section for 15 minutes and gave it a bunch of fruits before they proceeded to see the Snow Dome, the aquarium and the koala section.
       Zoological Park Organisation director Sopon Damnui also presented the Prince with a souvenir basket, which included a koala-shaped backpack, panda dolls, a shark doll and a shirt as well as nine-pound panda-shaped cake. The Prince's friends also got a Nemo doll and a koala doll as souvenir.