Article: Roundup: Thailand's PM Samak appointed, assuring to serve country at full steam

Roundup: Thailand's PM Samak appointed, assuring to serve country at full steam

By Ling Shuo

BANGKOK, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) -- After a royal ceremony to accept premiership endorsement from the King of Thailand, newly elected Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej said on Tuesday that he will be loyal to the royalty and try his best to serve the country.

The address is Samak's first speech before television lens which is live-aired nationwide after his winning on Monday's parliament voting on premiership.

In the speech, Samak, the 25th prime minister of Thailand, saidhe has a political life of more than 40 years, from a provincial politician to a senator and then the top post of the political ...

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