Woods sends birthday wishes to Thai king

Fri, 03 Dec 1999, 00:00 WIB | Source: AP

BANGKOK (AP): Golf's player of the year Tiger Woods has sent a
birthday greeting to Thailand's revered King Bhumibol Adulyadej,
who turns 72 on Sunday amid intense national celebrations.

Foreign ministry spokesman Don Pramudwinai told news
organizations on Wednesday that United States golfing sensation
Woods, whose mother is Thai, was among the overseas well-wishers
who sent the king greetings.

The 72nd birthday is important in Buddhist tradition and the
king is being feted in Thailand with everything from a world-
record parachute jump to the opening of Bangkok's first sky-train
mass transit system.

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