By Praphorn Praphornkul

   

BANGKOK (NNT) - Prime Minister and Defense Minister, Gen. Prayut Chan-o-cha, has approved a project to link Benjakitti Park and Lumpini Park as a new tourist destination.

 

Gen. Prayut attended a meeting of the committee overseeing the linking of Benjakitti Park with other public parks in Bangkok. The meeting was held via a video conference today. The Prime Minister said the government recognizes the importance of Benjakitti Park in honor of His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej the Great (Rama IX) and Her Majesty Queen Sirikit the Queen Mother. The public park will serve as a tourist destination that the Thai people can be proud of. The park will also help reduce levels of particulate matter of 2.5 microns or less in diameter (PM2.5) in the air.

 

The Prime Minister had proposed the idea to make Bangkok more colorful with seasonal flowers, with the public park being a place for people to learn, engage in sports, exercise and play music. They can take part in family activities and exercise with their pets in designated areas. The park will serve as a destination for all groups of people, including vulnerable groups, while maintaining safety and sanitation standards.

 

The meeting acknowledged the progress of the Benjakitti Park project. Last year, the Treasury Department requested cooperation from the Royal Thai Army to continue the second and third phases of the Benjakitti Forest Park development, which encompasses 41.44 hectares (259 rai) of land. Once the development is completed, the forest park will be used as a venue to celebrate Her Majesty Queen Sirikit’s 89th birthday on August 12, 2021.

 

The meeting also acknowledged the progress being made to connect Benjakitti Park and Lumpini Park, as proposed by the Department of Treasury and the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA), to improve pedestrian walkways and bicycle lanes. In addition, the Lumpini Park renovation project is underway to mark its 100th anniversary.

 

-- © Copyright NNT 2021-05-25

 

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are there not more important things to be focused on right now ?

It will be a lot more colourful when covid has passed and the shipping containers have a nice rusty patina as the generals chickens come home to roost ????

2 hours ago, smedly said:

are there not more important things to be focused on right now ?

Yes....like opening the parks to public use first !

maybe should wait until 2025?

4 hours ago, webfact said:

Benjakitti Park and Lumpini Park as a new tourist destination.

Tourist… what tourists? ????

Edited May 25, 20215 yr by Tarteso

4 hours ago, webfact said:

The Prime Minister had proposed the idea to make Bangkok more colorful with seasonal flowers, with the public park being a place for people to learn, engage in sports, exercise and play music. They can take part in family activities and exercise with their pets in designated areas. The park will serve as a destination for all groups of people, including vulnerable groups, while maintaining safety and sanitation standards.

Quite a vivid imagination he has...

now I understand why he thinks the vaccination programme is going smoothly.

 

3 hours ago, smedly said:

are there not more important things to be focused on right now ?

These byzantine disquisitions so typical of corrupt elites detached from what is going on around them. 

6 minutes ago, Thorix said:

 

These byzantine disquisitions so typical of corrupt elites detached from what is going on around them. 

You are so right. When a person is insulated by wealth and power, surrounded by cowering toadies and looking into a magic mirror which reflects a distorted reality, then the result is truly pathetic. 

The two parks have been linked for well over ten years already - they're just talking about improvements to the link (since it was originally built with no access to what was then the cigarette factory, but will now be the forest park). But I'm glad the PM approves, that will bring great happiness to the people...

 

Edited May 25, 20215 yr by khunjeff

24 minutes ago, khunjeff said:

The two parks have been linked for well over ten years already - they're just talking about improvements to the link (since it was originally built with no access to what was then the cigarette factory, but will now be the forest park). But I'm glad the PM approves, that will bring great happiness to the people...

 

Good to see a positive comment. Cities without parks are awful. The more parks the better, especially in a large, congested and polluted city such as Bangkok. The parks should also have lots of trees.

 

Trees are able to clean the air and absorb harmful airborne particles and gaseous pollutants such as nitrogen oxides, ammonia and sulfur dioxide, through their leaves, bark and roots. This improves the air quality in the micro-climate around the trees and contributes to a healthier and cleaner environment overall.
 

10 hours ago, webfact said:

.......and play music

Yeah! Break out dem dusty boom boxes baby!........????

Don't they usually do a feasibility study first, before they approve such massive projects? 

8 hours ago, thecyclist said:

Don't they usually do a feasibility study first, before they approve such massive projects? 

 

I'm surprised you didn't get the memo.