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36-415: Khun Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha ( Thai : วิชัย ศรีวัฒนประภา ; born Vichai Raksriaksorn , Thai : วิชัย รักศรีอักษร ; 4 April 1958 – 27 October 2018) was a Thai billionaire businessman and the founder, owner, and chairman of King Power . He was the owner of Premier League team Leicester City from 2010 until his death in a helicopter crash just outside the club's King Power Stadium in 2018. Vichai

72-661: A friendly, affectionate way to show intimacy between interlocuters. Honorific particles are added to the end of an utterance or clause to show respect to the addressee. Honorific particles may exhibit the following semantic distinctions: Polite particles are not used in conjunction with honorific registers or in written language. Commonly used polite particles are summarized in the table below. Thanphuying ( ท่านผู้หญิง /tʰâːn pʰûː jǐŋ/ ) and khunying ( คุณหญิง /kʰūn jǐŋ/ ) were originally titles for wives of nobles of chaophraya and phraya rank, respectively. Today they are used as titles for married female recipients of

108-559: A good relationship with the Thai monk Phra Prommangkalachan  [ th ] and his fellow monks, who often blessed the team players, either in England or at the monks' home temple in Thailand, Wat Traimit . The monks flying in to see the players of the team became a common sight. In 2015, Aiyawatt became ordained as a Buddhist monk for a month. In April 2019, The Asian Awards honoured him with

144-686: A non-Asian background. The Rising Star award also made its debut this year with the star of the Oscar nominated film Lion Sunny Pawar receiving it. It was noted that he had been snubbed by other award ceremonies including the Oscars and thus The Asian Awards were "correcting" this mistake. In addition to the winners, other notable guests in attendance included Bollywood actors Anupam Kher and Varun Dhawan , Amy Jackson , Adil Ray , Sanjeev Bhaskar , The London Mayoral Sadiq Khan and Naughty Boy . Sachin Tendulkar

180-612: A period which lasted from 1238 to 1420 CE. During the Sukhothai period, honorifics appeared in the form of kinship terms . The Sukhothai period also saw the introduction of many Khmer and Pali loanwords to Thai. Later, in the Ayutthaya Kingdom (1351 to 1767 CE), a new form of honorific speech evolved. While kinship terms continued to be used, a royal vocabulary known as " raja-sap " ( Thai : ราชาศัพท์ ; RTGS :  Rachasap ) emerged. The Raja-sap, an honorific register,

216-590: A rising tone). Today, this word is used informally to courteously address nearly anyone. The Asian Awards The Asian Awards is an annual award ceremony for the global Asian community which takes place in the United Kingdom, with 14 categories that include business, philanthropy, entertainment, culture and sport. Nominees are selected by an independent judging panel initially co-chaired by Baroness Verma and Nat Wei, Baron Wei then from 2014 onwards Karan Bilimoria, Baron Bilimoria . In 2010 and 2011,

252-788: Is critical. Speakers must estimate the age of an addressee to determine his or her generation and choose an appropriate kinship term. Kinship terms commonly used as honorific pronominals are summarized in the table below. Speakers may demonstrate additional respect by adding the polite title khun (คุณ) before any kinship term. Kinship terms are commonly followed by personal names or nicknames. Status terms denote referents in terms of occupation or status. While some status terms are used as first, second, or third person pronouns, others are restricted to second and third person only. Many pronominal status terms are preceded by titles. Status terms may also be used as titles before given names. A few status terms frequently used as pronominals are presented in

288-602: The 2015–16 Premier League title after starting the season as 5000/1 rank outsiders. Shortly before the 2016–17 season, Vichai gave 19 players a BMW i8 —at £100,000 each—as a gift for winning the title. In May 2017, he bought his second football club, OH Leuven in Belgium. Vichai Raksriaksorn was born into a Thai Chinese family. His father, Wiwat Raksriaksorn ( Chinese : 徐利明 ) traces his roots to Zhao'an , Fujian , China. Vichai married Aimon, with whom he had four children: Voramas, Apichet, Aroonroong, and Aiyawatt . In 2012,

324-570: The Bose Corporation , Amar Bose was honoured with the Founders Award which was received by his daughter Maya Bose. The Asian Awards trended worldwide on Twitter at the number one spot for over 4 hours and specifically trended in India at the number 1 spot for nearly 2 days. The media particularly commented on the presence of Zayn Malik 's attendance as it was the first time since his split from

360-548: The Jalianwala Bagh Massacre was marked with the Founders award presented to the nephew of freedom fighter Bhagat Singh . The following were recipients at the 1st Asian Awards 2010. The following were recipients at the 2nd Asian Awards. The following were recipients at the 3rd Asian Awards. The following were recipients at the 4th Asian Awards which took place on 4 April 2014. The following were recipients at

396-716: The King of Thailand Bhumibol Adulyadej bestowed the family the new surname of Srivaddhanaprabha, which means "light of progressive glory". He was awarded an honorary doctorate as a Doctor of Laws by the University of Leicester in 2016. As a young man, Vichai studied in Taiwan and the United States. In his spare time, Vichai was an avid polo player, and owned the VR Polo Club in Bangkok . He

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432-457: The Order of Chula Chom Klao . Those of the rank Dame Grand Commander and above use the title thanphuying , while others use khunying . Unmarried recipients use the title khun , which is the same word as § Khun (courtesy title) below. Khun ( คุณ /kʰūn/ ), a courtesy title pronounced with a mid tone , should not be confused with the noble title of khun ( ขุน /kʰǔn/ , pronounced in

468-576: The Outstanding Contribution to the Community Award. On 27 October 2018, Vichai's AgustaWestland AW169 helicopter crashed outside King Power Stadium shortly after taking off from the pitch. Eyewitnesses described seeing the helicopter spinning before crashing and creating a fireball. The next day, it was confirmed that Vichai, along with the pilots and two other passengers had died in the crash. Numerous tributes were laid for Vichai outside

504-702: The award by Freddie's former band member Brian May . The Asian Awards did not take place in 2012 and no official reason has been cited although the event was moved from its regular October date to April 2013. The 3rd Asian Awards was hosted by Coe in April 2013. The event was opened by Sagoo and followed by a keynote speech from the UK Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne . The awards were expanded to include winners from all Asian countries (China, Singapore, Japan, Hong Kong, Malaysia and others) as well as

540-691: The awards were only open to those born in or with direct family origin from India , Sri Lanka , Pakistan , or Bangladesh . From 2013, they were expanded to include all people of South, East and South East Asian origin. The tenth edition of the awards will take place in October 2023 due to the COVID-19 pandemic . It will be hosted in Dubai for the first time. The Asian Awards were founded by businessman Paul Sagoo OBE through his Lemon Group. The 1st Asian Awards took place on 26 October 2010 at Grosvenor House Hotel and

576-501: The band One Direction . Post the awards, Sagoo commented (through social media) on the lack of TV coverage from the British television networks. The Awards also broke two specific Twitter records by having the most tweeted tweet by an Indian (that a picture of Shah Rukh Khan and Zayn Malik )and also the very same tweet was the most popular "Selfie" of 2015. The 6th Asian Awards was hosted by Alistair McGowan on 8 April 2016. The event

612-545: The club. In August 2010, the Asia Football Investments consortium including Vichai and his son Aiyawatt purchased English Football League Championship club Leicester City . He succeeded Milan Mandarić as chairman of the club in February 2011 while continuing as owner, and Aiyawatt became the vice chairman. In July 2011, Leicester's Walkers Stadium was renamed King Power Stadium . Leicester City went on to win

648-413: The common people to communicate with and about monks. Lexical items from standard Thai, royal vocabulary, and clerical vocabulary are shown side by side in the table below: Thai exhibits pronoun avoidance , often using kinship or status terms instead, particularly for social equals or superiors. Personal pronouns are the most numerous and complex of pronominal forms in Thai. Personal pronouns may make

684-691: The end of World War II, popular media used the most informal term for the king, nai luang . In the 1960s, raja-sap was revived by royalists as an anchor for the Thai monarchy, alongside court customs like mandatory prostration to the royal family, which had officially ended during the reign of Chulalongkorn . The roots of Thai honorific registers lie in Khmer and Khmer-Indic (Pali or Sanskrit words borrowed first into Khmer, then from Khmer into Thai) loanwords . Khmer and Khmero-Indic words were originally borrowed into Thai by an educated, Thai upper class, specifically kings and monks, in order to discuss Buddhism . When

720-560: The following semantic distinctions: Kinship terms are used pronominally to elevate or demonstrate solidarity with an addressee. To address a listener as kin is, in effect, to confer the listener with the same status as the aforementioned kin. Generally, kinship terms contain both literal and displaced meanings. Kinship terms are considered literal in cases of blood kin, affinal kin , and teknonymy . They are considered displaced when used with kinlike individuals: intimate friends of kin or kin of intimate friends. When using kinship terms, age

756-443: The need for honorific registers arose, the Thai people turned again to Khmer. Borrowing heavily from Khmer, the Thai constructed a royal vocabulary, a large lexicon of Khmer and Khmero-Indic words, appropriate for addressing the monarchy. At the same time, a clerical vocabulary emerged, much smaller but similar in function and origin to the royal vocabulary. The clerical vocabulary, also composed mainly of borrowings from Khmer, enabled

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792-484: The raja-sap as it became the formal, or polite, way to address all peoples or topics. Specifically, lexical items from honorific registers replaced native Thai pronouns , resulting in an entirely new set of pronominal forms. Kinship terms continued to be used as honorifics, and a new type of honorific emerged as well, polite particles. Following the Siamese revolution of 1932 , raja-sap fell out of daily use in Thailand. By

828-468: The stadium by players along with fans of Leicester City and other football clubs. In accordance with Thai burial customs, Vichai's funeral lasted for eight days, beginning on 3 November. Vichai is fondly remembered by Leicester supporters. [REDACTED] Media related to Vichai Raksriaksorn at Wikimedia Commons Khun (courtesy title) Thai honorifics date back to the Sukhothai Kingdom ,

864-526: The table below: In Thai, a person's full name consists of a given name followed by a surname or family name . In addition, most individuals have a nickname. As pronominals, given names are used most frequently in second person form. Given names are often preceded by the courtesy title khun when addressing friends or acquaintances. Given names are sometimes truncated to convey mild informality. Nicknames, like given names, are used most often in second person. They generally do not take titles. Nicknames are

900-473: The traditional South Asian countries from which winners had been honoured previously. Sir Ben Kingsley was given the Fellowship award and the late Bruce Lee was honoured with the Founders Award which was collected by his widow Linda Lee Cadwell . The 4th Asian Awards was hosted by Nikki Bedi in April 2014. The event was opened by Sagoo who commented on the continued pan-Asian expansion. In addition to

936-572: The winners, other notable guests in attendance included Zayn Malik , Simon Hughes , Preeya Kalidas , Jeremy Hunt (politician) , Tasmin Lucia-Khan , Amy Willerton , Nitin Ganatra , Nina Wadia , Amol Rajan , Gurinder Chadha and Naughty Boy . Jackie Chan was given the Fellowship award and friend of the late Nelson Mandela , Ahmed Kathrada was honoured with the Founders Award which was presented by Hollywood actor Idris Elba . The 5th Asian Awards

972-473: The winners, other notable guests in attendance included squash legend Jahangir Khan , television personalities Anthea Turner , Francine Lewis , Russell Kane , Emma Noble , actress Gemma Oaten, film director Gurinder Chadha , Adil Ray , Manish Bhasin , sportswoman Elise Christie and previous honouree Naughty Boy . The 9th Asian Awards again hosted by Sanjeev Bhaskar on 12 April 2019 at The Grosvenor House Hotel on Park Lane. The centenary anniversary of

1008-439: Was again hosted by Coe in October 2011. The 2011 Asian Awards featured a presentation of The Lifetime Achievement Award that was presented to Asha Bhosle in addition Coe presented a Guinness World Record for Most Recorded Artist of all time at over 11,000 recordings. The Founder's Award, an award given directly by the founders Paul Sagoo and UBM, was presented posthumously to Freddie Mercury . His mother and sister were presented

1044-507: Was created as a way for commoners and aristocrats alike to talk to and about the king of Thailand . Soon after its creation, the use of royal vocabulary was extended to address all members of the royal family as well as aristocrats. At the same time, a clerical vocabulary used to talk to or about monks arose, very similar to the raja-sap. With the development of royal and clerical vocabularies, means for honorific speech increased significantly. The Bangkok period saw even greater expansion of

1080-604: Was honoured with the Fellowship Award only the 4th person in history to receive it. The 8th Asian Awards were once again hosted by Sanjeev Bhaskar on 27 April 2018 at The London Hilton on Park Lane. It was noted that the 8th Awards honoured the most number of women in their history to date. Legendary actress, the late Sridevi , was posthumously honoured with the Outstanding Achievement in Cinema award. In addition to

1116-513: Was honoured with the Founders Award which was accepted by her closest living relative Agi Bojaxhiu. The 7th Asian Awards was hosted by Bhaskar in May 2017 at The London Hilton on Park Lane. The event was opened by Sagoo who discussed diversity in television and how many of the main UK channels are failing their own diversity targets. It was also mentioned that The Asian Awards would honour its second recipient with

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1152-466: Was hosted by Lord Sebastian Coe . The 2010 Asian Awards featured a presentation of The Lifetime Achievement Award that was presented to Amitabh Bachchan . A live musical performance was provided by Sonu Nigam . The 2010 Peoples Choice Award, voted entirely by the public, was won by Sachin Tendulkar . On the night itself, images of all winners were broadcast in Times Square . The 2nd Asian Awards

1188-783: Was hosted by previous Asian Awards winner Gok Wan in April 2015. The event was opened by Sagoo followed by the cast of Bend It Like Beckham the Musical who performed a song from the musical. The event was headlined by the British Asian Trust . In addition to the winners, other notable guests in attendance included Gary Linekar , Preeya Kalidas , Gurinder Chadha , Tasmin Lucia-Khan , Mila Kunis , Nitin Ganatra , Meera Syal , Ozwald Boateng , Colin Jackson , Adil Ray , Kelly Hoppen , Rishi Rich , Russell Peters , Paul Chowdhry , Shabana Azmi , Amar Bose and Naughty Boy . The late founder of

1224-515: Was opened by Founder Paul Sagoo who discussed the issues of diversity within award ceremonies and how The Asian Awards were to be opened up to people with non-Asian backgrounds. In addition to the winners, other notable guests in attendance included Hollywood actress Lindsay Lohan , footballer Jamie Vardy , Keith Vaz , Manish Bhasin , Emeli Sandé , Sanjeev Bhaskar , London Mayoral candidates Zac Goldsmith and Sadiq Khan , Nitin Ganatra , Gurinder Chadha and Alex Reid (fighter) . Mother Teresa

1260-483: Was the founder and CEO of King Power , an operator of duty-free shops . In December 2009, King Power received the royal warrant from King Bhumibol of Thailand in a ceremony attended by Vichai. In October 2018, he was ranked by Forbes magazine as the 5th richest man in Thailand, reportedly worth US$ 4.9 billion. The first football match Vichai watched in England was the 1997 League Cup final between Leicester City and Middlesbrough , which may have attracted him to

1296-488: Was the president of Ham Polo Club in London from 2008 to 2012. In addition, his sons Apichet and Aiyawatt competed in the 2017 Southeast Asian Games , representing Thailand's national polo team and earning a team silver medal. Vichai believed that Leicester City F.C.'s success or failure was affected by karma , and he therefore endeavored to build Buddhist temples and support Buddhist monks to accumulate good karma. Vichai had

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