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THE RAMIN LAMSAM FAMILY
COLLECTION OF CHINESE
PAINTING & CALLIGRAPHY LOTS 684, 702
啵ᶱ厲㖶⭞㕷䍵啷ᷕ⚳㚠䔓ġ㉵⑩䶐嘇 684ˣ702
after his studies. In the early days there,
he managed the family teak business
and initiated the creation of the Junior
Chamber International in Bangkok.
A successful and charitable businessman,
Ramin Lamsam eventually established his
own urban development company and was
a crucial contributor in improving living
conditions in Bangkok as well as in the
rural provinces. He initiated a nation-wide
partnership program with the Thai Military
Parachute unit to raise funds for 200 new
schools in rural Thailand, and constructed
a drinking water system for 50,000
households in the outskirts of Bangkok.
Amongst his many accomplishments in
commerce, he established the Rajprasong
Ramin Lamsam receiving award from Junior Chamber Shopping Center, which later became the
International leading Þ nancial center in Bangkok. He is
啵ᶱ厲㖶㍍⍿⚳晃曺⸜⓮㚫䳬䷼▱䋶ġ
survived by his wife and six children, and
the works in his collection were passed
The Lamsam family, a Thai family of
down through multiple generations.
Chinese descent, is known in modern
times for founding Kasikornbank. The
family traces its roots to Ung Miao Ngian
of the Ng clan, a Hakka immigrant from
∝⺢㲘⚳⚃⣏戨埴ᷳᶨˬ攳㲘戨埴˭䘬啵
Canton who moved to Thailand during late
ᶱ⭞㕷炻ᷫ⋩ḅᶾ䲨㛓㛇⽆⺋㜙䦣⯭㲘⚳
19th Century. The members of the original
䘬⭊⭞ˬẵ˭⥻ᶾ㕷ᷕᶨ㓗ˤ䦣⯭⼴炻ẵ
Ung family have adopted their ancestor’s
⭞⼴Ṣ䓐℞⃰Ṣ⇍⎵ˬ啵ᶱ˭炷幓叿啵堋
informal name Làm sâm as their family
㌺埴䫔ᶱᷳシ炸䁢⥻炻㛇䚤䤷䤧㯠ᾅˤ
name for the associated connotations of
luck and fortune. 啵ᶱ厲㖶炷⌛啵ᶱ⊝㮹炻1918-1987炸㗗啵
Ramin Lamsam (also known as Limin ᶱ⭞㕷㚨攳⥳ẍ䴻䆇㞂㛐䓇シ侴䘤⭞䘬∝ ⎠ᶵ⸓≑㚤察ⶪ㮹炻怬⸓≑Ḯ␐怲句⼴
Lamsam, 1918-1987) is the youngest ⥳ṢUng Yu Long䘬㚨⸤⫸ˤ啵ᶱ厲㖶⃰⛐ 䚩ấ䘬⯭㮹㍸檀ḮṾᾹ䘬䓇㳣岒慷ˤṾ怬
son of Ung Yuk Long, the originator of 厚⼳屻⬠佺彚㤕炻⼴崜伶⯙嬨⦩㕗彃⣏
the Lamsam family and the one who ⬠ˤ⛐㟉㛇攻炻啵ᶱ厲㖶塓怠䁢⢾⚳⬠䓇 ⺽⮶Ḯᶨᾳ冯㲘⚳⁀ℝ⎰ἄ䘬⚳⭞䳂⇍枭
䚖䁢㲘⚳ῷ怈⛘⋨⊇普Ḯ220㕘⬠㟉䘬
expanded the Lamsam family’s teakwood 倗⎰㚫ᷣⷕ炻⯽䣢ḮṾ崭↉䘬柀⮶傥≃ˤ
┇≽屯慹炻᷎ᶼ䁢㚤察␐怲䘬Ḽ叔㇞Ṣ⭞
business. He studied agricultural studies 啵ᶱ厲㖶䳸㜇⬠㤕⎶冯⛐伶⚳㕘⨂䘬⣒⣒
⺽忚Ḯ㕘䘬梚䓐㯜䲣䴙ˤ啵ᶱ厲㖶怬㚱℞
in the Philippines and at the University Jeanne⚆⇘㲘⚳ˤṾ⃰㗗㍍䭉Ḯ⭞㕷䴻䆇
Ṿ䛦⣂⓮㤕ㆸ⯙炻Ṿ∝䩳䘬厲㕗㜦岤
of Wisconsin, where he demonstrated 䘬㞂㛐䓇シ炻ᷳ⼴⍰⛐㚤察⍫冯∝䩳Ḯ⚳
䈑ᷕ⽫⼴Ἦㆸ䁢㚤察㚨柀⃰䘬慹圵ᷕ⽫ˤ
his superb leadership abilities at an early 晃曺⸜⓮㚫䳬䷼ˤ
age, serving as the Foreign Students Ṿ䘬⥣⫸ℕᾳ⫸⤛ᶨ䚜䶔㆟Ṿ炻㬌㫉㍐
Association President. Ramin Lamsam ἄ䁢ᶨᾳ⃭㺧┬⽫䘬⓮Ṣ炻啵ᶱ厲㖶ㆸ≇ ↢䘬㚠䔓啷⑩ḇᶨ䚜⛐啵ᶱ⭞㕷ℏᶾẋ㳩
returned to Bangkok with his wife Jeanne 䘬∝䩳ḮṾ冒䘬❶ⶪ夷∫℔⎠炻忁⭞℔ ⁛军Ṳˤ
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