The final State Convention to be discussed in the present work rep- resents another instance of the state's desire impose a single, uniform order Thai The directive, announced on 8 September 1941 was rather wide-ranging in scope, setting out what were considered to be the appropriate daily activities of the Thai people (kit pracham wan khong khon Thai). It began by emphasizing that the daily lives of individuals should be seen to be composed of three distinct periods of time: that devoted to work, personal activities (kit suan tua), and leisure. People were encouraged to pursue their work energetically, and be personally active by growing vegetables, raising animals, attending religious sermons, listening to the radio, and reading newspapers. They were also urged to use their leisure time to take part in sports on regular basis for an hour a day. The populace was further instructed that they should eat no more than four meals a day at fixed times and sleep from six to eight hours a night.