Bang Saen set for major make-over to become a town for the elderly

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Bang Saen set for major make-over to become a town for the elderly

 

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Thailand’s Bang Saen seaside town, on the eastern coast near Bangkok, will undergo a major make-over to accommodate an aging society in the future.

 

Mr. Narongchai Khunpluem, the mayor of Saensook or Bang Saen municipality, which is well known for its roast sweet Khao Lam glutinous rice in bamboo stalks, said that the traditional beach town has the potential to be developed into a community for elderly people, adding that the municipality has sought cooperation from Japan’s Okura Company, which has expertise and experience in the development of communities for the elderly.

  

On infrastructure development, he said that the municipality has also worked with Siam Cement Group to develop a major landscaping plan for Bang Saen, which will include reclamation of the Wonnapa beach by extending it by about 30 metres into the sea along its 700-metre length. This will cost an estimated 600 million baht.

 

Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/bang-saen-set-for-major-make-over-to-become-a-town-for-the-elderly/

 

 

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[KiChakayan]

So they try to mimic Pattaya, but closer to Bangkok?

[sunnyboy2018]

6 hours ago, KiChakayan said:

So they try to mimic Pattaya, but closer to Bangkok?

Have you been to Mix, Goa, Insomnia,  808 club etc? Just 4 of dozens of clubs attended by young people. There are dozens more. Pattaya has a mixed demographic.  But with regards to this article: are they taking about foreigners or Thais?

[mok199]

Sounds wonderful, and it is what Thailand needs , if it not just a business to abuse and shake down the elderly...

Edited August 21, 2019 by mok199

[Krataiboy]

As an octogenarian, I can't imagine anything worse being marooned in a seaside ghetto for golden oldies, surrounded by doddery old farts just like me.

 

Here, In the bosom of my Thai extended family, I gave an incentive to stay young at heart and tuned in to what's new - "woke" as my children and grandchildren call it - in a constantly changing world.

 

The worst thing the "progressive" West ever did IMHO was to pursue housing and other public policies which forced the generations apart - in every sense - and led to endless social problems.

 

I thank my lucky stars I had the good sense to  retire to my wife's homeland, where the family remains at the heart of society and elderly relatives can expect to be treated with affection and respect. 

 

Thanks, guys and girls.

Edited August 22, 2019 by Krataiboy

[champers]

I thought Bang Saen was full of university students, not least the delectable student doctors and nurses. The hospital will have to expand its geriatric facilities.

[sunnyboy2018]

2 hours ago, Krataiboy said:

As an octogenarian, I can't imagine anything worse being marooned in a seaside ghetto for golden oldies, surrounded by doddery old farts just like me.

 

Here, In the bosom of my Thai extended family, I gave an incentive to stay young at heart and tuned in to what's new - "woke" as my children and grandchildren call it - in a constantly changing world.

 

The worst thing the "progressive" West ever did IMHO was to pursue housing and other public policies which forced the generations apart - in every sense - and led to endless social problems.

 

I thank my lucky stars I had the good sense to  retire to my wife's homeland, where the family remains at the heart of society and elderly relatives can expect to be treated with affection and respect. 

 

Thanks, guys and girls.

'Woke' mean being extreme left wing, judgemental, reqressive liberal and having an identitarian view point which includes, hating Israel and  despising so called old, stale, pale white male privilege.  If your young family truly are 'woke' you are in trouble. 

[khunken]

2 hours ago, Krataiboy said:

As an octogenarian, I can't imagine anything worse being marooned in a seaside ghetto for golden oldies, surrounded by doddery old farts just like me.

 

Here, In the bosom of my Thai extended family, I gave an incentive to stay young at heart and tuned in to what's new - "woke" as my children and grandchildren call it - in a constantly changing world.

 

The worst thing the "progressive" West ever did IMHO was to pursue housing and other public policies which forced the generations apart - in every sense - and led to endless social problems.

 

I thank my lucky stars I had the good sense to  retire to my wife's homeland, where the family remains at the heart of society and elderly relatives can expect to be treated with affection and respect. 

 

Thanks, guys and girls.

Agree with you. It is one of the superior traits of eastern societies that families (or one family member at least) take care of their elderly & don't throw them into an old-people's home.

 

What they're proposing is a Thai Eastbourne - wheelchair races on the promenade comes to mind.

[ThaiBunny]

2 hours ago, champers said:

I thought Bang Saen was full of university students, not least the delectable student doctors and nurses. The hospital will have to expand its geriatric facilities.

I was reading a news article the other day about a retirement village somewhere in Europe I think that offered free accommodation for some university students provided they socialised with the residents. Sounds an ideal arrangement ????

[mikebell]

It's full of young people/students.  Old people will struggle to make themselves heard over the roar of souped-up, exhaustless motor bikes + no police.

[Krataiboy]

36 minutes ago, sunnyboy2018 said:

'Woke' mean being extreme left wing, judgemental, reqressive liberal and having an identitarian view point which includes, hating Israel and  despising so called old, stale, pale white male privilege.  If your young family truly are 'woke' you are in trouble. 

Nah, you're peering up a cat's ass. Urban Dictionary defines "woke" as being aware, and "knowing what's going on in the community." That was my context.

[ThaiBunny]

4 minutes ago, Krataiboy said:

Nah, you're peering up a cat's ass. Urban Dictionary defines "woke" as being aware, and "knowing what's going on in the community." That was my context.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/woke

[Krataiboy]

Just now, ThaiBunny said:

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/woke

Marriam-Webster is for old farts like me (and you?). The woke generation prefer Urban Dictionary or Hippo.

 

Get with it, man!

[ThaiBunny]

3 minutes ago, Krataiboy said:

Marriam-Webster is for old farts like me (and you?). The woke generation prefer Urban Dictionary or Hippo. Get with it, man!

I was merely pointing out that the Urban Dictionary is outdated when it comes to the definition of "woke" - Mirriam-Webster is, for this entry, far more "woke"

[looplaw]

5 hours ago, Krataiboy said:

As an octogenarian, I can't imagine anything worse being marooned in a seaside ghetto for golden oldies, surrounded by doddery old farts just like me.

 

Here, In the bosom of my Thai extended family, I gave an incentive to stay young at heart and tuned in to what's new - "woke" as my children and grandchildren call it - in a constantly changing world.

 

The worst thing the "progressive" West ever did IMHO was to pursue housing and other public policies which forced the generations apart - in every sense - and led to endless social problems.

 

I thank my lucky stars I had the good sense to  retire to my wife's homeland, where the family remains at the heart of society and elderly relatives can expect to be treated with affection and respect. 

 

Thanks, guys and girls.

And what homeland is that?

[jacko45k]

11 hours ago, looplaw said:

And what homeland is that?

Brixton.

[RJRS1301]

On 8/22/2019 at 8:57 AM, sunnyboy2018 said:

Have you been to Mix, Goa, Insomnia,  808 club etc? Just 4 of dozens of clubs attended by young people. There are dozens more. Pattaya has a mixed demographic.  But with regards to this article: are they taking about foreigners or Thais?

One would assume all those with the correct visa and Thai born

[RJRS1301]

14 hours ago, mikebell said:

It's full of young people/students.  Old people will struggle to make themselves heard over the roar of souped-up, exhaustless motor bikes + no police.

You can blend generations, Netherlands has successfully done it with https://theconversation.com/heres-why-some-dutch-university-students-are-living-in-nursing-homes-68253

 

Sunshine Coast University Qld are trialling it near one of their campuses.

 

We need to totally rethink and value our aged people and build community connections and support.

 

 

[Krataiboy]

17 hours ago, looplaw said:

And what homeland is that?

The clue is in the word "Here".

[Krataiboy]

19 hours ago, ThaiBunny said:

I was merely pointing out that the Urban Dictionary is outdated when it comes to the definition of "woke" - Mirriam-Webster is, for this entry, far more "woke"

Evidence?

[fforest1]

So are they going to be shipping all the GoGo dancing grannies to this retirement city....  

[mikebell]

On 8/23/2019 at 6:44 AM, RJRS1301 said:

You can blend generations, Netherlands has successfully done it with https://theconversation.com/heres-why-some-dutch-university-students-are-living-in-nursing-homes-68253

 

Sunshine Coast University Qld are trialling it near one of their campuses.

 

We need to totally rethink and value our aged people and build community connections and support.

 

 

I am 76 & agree blending is good. The Dutch has a police force, Bang Saen/Thailand hasn't.  I love Hanoi; another University city; it's vibrant & unthreatening to the old.

[olfu]

I hope they are planning kinda Walking street which will be called Wheelchair street.

[essox essox]

is this place now going to be renamed BOURNEMOUTH or EASTBOURNE ????!!!

[essox essox]

On 8/24/2019 at 10:47 AM, fforest1 said:

So are they going to be shipping all the GoGo dancing grannies to this retirement city....  

who wants a go go grannie??