webfact Posted May 30, 2022 Share Posted May 30, 2022 Residents of the Muang district of Thailand’s southern province of Nakhon Si Thammarat held a protest jog on Saturday night against the alleged inaction by local authorities in fixing the malfunctioning decorative lamp posts installed along a road in front of the King Rama IX public park. The protesters used the flash lights in their smart phones as they ran from the park along the otherwise unlit road connecting Mamuang Song Ton, Po Sadet and Nai Muang sub-districts. The protesting joggers were accompanied by an illuminated truck relaying protest messages through its public address system. Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/protest-against-faulty-fancy-lamp-posts-in-nakhon-si-thammarat/ -- © Copyright Thai PBS 2022-05-31 - Cigna offers a range of visa-compliant plans that meet the minimum requirement of medical treatment, including COVID-19, up to THB 3m. For more information on all expat health insurance plans click here. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post soi3eddie Posted May 30, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted May 30, 2022 Got to love the residents of Nakhon Si Thammarat for free thinking and standing up to ineffective government. I spent a lot of years in NST and they have a progressive movement. Likely they will still be ignored though. At least they aren't afraid to protest. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smedly Posted May 30, 2022 Share Posted May 30, 2022 just have an indendent financial audit and all will be revealed 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Willy Wombat Posted May 30, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted May 30, 2022 Follow the money 2 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardColeman Posted May 30, 2022 Share Posted May 30, 2022 YOU voted the MP in, YOU vote him out unless he does something. Pretty sure a prolonged feeding at the government trough will trump local authorities Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotchilli Posted May 31, 2022 Share Posted May 31, 2022 4 hours ago, webfact said: The protesters used the flash lights in their smart phones as they ran from the park along the otherwise unlit road connecting Mamuang Song Ton, Po Sadet and Nai Muang sub-districts. Oh the embarrassment... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotchilli Posted May 31, 2022 Share Posted May 31, 2022 2 hours ago, smedly said: just have an indendent financial audit and all will be revealed Independent audit, financial transparency.... no no no. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Sydebolle Posted May 31, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted May 31, 2022 We had Watergate 50 years ago, now it is the "Lamppostgate" - a favourite of mine explaining the petty corruption going on literally anywhere in Thailand on every level. Except the NST citizen though nobody else even queried the "need" for the good work by the state ............. it seems. In Pattaya the dolphins "beautified" North Pattaya road for years already and ultimately had to get turned 90 degrees as too many motorbike racers got killed by hitting their unhelmeted head on the lowest part of the lamp post. Another pristine example was Pattanakarn road on the dark side; all existing lamps mounted on power poles got "assisted" with hundreds of cheapest quality more "decorative" posts with typical Thai rice farmer hats made of iron cast ..... within the first month some 10% of the lamps went out of order and ..... are still out of order. This corruption scheme cost billions of Thai Baht but if the Thais do not have a problem with it, we can just stand by, watch and chuckle ........ 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tropicalevo Posted May 31, 2022 Share Posted May 31, 2022 3 hours ago, Sydebolle said: This corruption scheme cost billions of Thai Baht but if the Thais do not have a problem with it, we can just stand by, watch and chuckle ........ Great montage, thank you. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anant72 Posted May 31, 2022 Share Posted May 31, 2022 13 hours ago, Willy Wombat said: Follow the money Like in so many cases in Thailand but since everyone has his hands in the pies, impunity prevails. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
it is what it is Posted May 31, 2022 Share Posted May 31, 2022 9 hours ago, Sydebolle said: We had Watergate 50 years ago, now it is the "Lamppostgate" - a favourite of mine explaining the petty corruption going on literally anywhere in Thailand on every level. Except the NST citizen though nobody else even queried the "need" for the good work by the state ............. it seems. In Pattaya the dolphins "beautified" North Pattaya road for years already and ultimately had to get turned 90 degrees as too many motorbike racers got killed by hitting their unhelmeted head on the lowest part of the lamp post. Another pristine example was Pattanakarn road on the dark side; all existing lamps mounted on power poles got "assisted" with hundreds of cheapest quality more "decorative" posts with typical Thai rice farmer hats made of iron cast ..... within the first month some 10% of the lamps went out of order and ..... are still out of order. This corruption scheme cost billions of Thai Baht but if the Thais do not have a problem with it, we can just stand by, watch and chuckle ........ excellent, i was aware of the ripping up and replacing perfectly good pavements money making scheme, seems this is another such obviously dodgy and often pointless activity. it's surprising more people haven't been complaining for years... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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