Water Conference - What Disruption Will There Be?

[iainiain101]

What traffic / other disruption can we expect next week?

We have been notified that Varee school is closing for a week due to the conference.

Iain

[naboo]

All schools are to be closed from Tuesday 14th to Monday 20th to ease morning traffic congestion. I imagine little else will change.

[realthaideal]

All schools are to be closed from Tuesday 14th to Monday 20th to ease morning traffic congestion. I imagine little else will change.

I know some other teachers affected by this. Interesting concept - close schools so that traffic can flow for conference attendees. One teacher I know now has added school days to her holidays in order to make up for these extra off days. Of course she still has to attend and punch in, but then just sit around. I don't think many teachers are thrilled with seat warming and missing more of their vacation time.

The bigger issue is (as if there is any forethought to things 'round here): So we're supposed to have this grand convention ctr that will attract visitors and conferences from around the globe all the time - a veritable "conference hub," yeah ? So... shall we just close all the schools for a week every time we host a large conference ? Because that definitely makes sense.....

To what degree is it really to ease congestion, or to actually save face that we have a spacious city, and yet our traffic is quickly headed on its way to BKK-style gridlock ?

[MESmith]

":All schools are to be closed from Tuesday 14th to Monday 20th to ease morning traffic congestion"

Is this some kind of freaking joke?

If it's true, then all you Thailand defenders "wake up & smell the coffee". You are living in the third world

[MESmith]

Better to close the shopping malls - look at the congestion they cause.

[WinnieTheKhwai]

Wish it was an education conference. Most people in Thailand don't really do irony, making it even better.

[elektrified]

When I was at a free concert a month or so ago, a Thai government official there announced what he referred to as inside information that President Obama will be attending the conference. I have no idea if this is true or not. I can't imagine why someone from the Thai government would say something like this if not true. If it is true, then can you imagine the security, traffic congestion, and road blocks?

[iainiain101]

All schools are to be closed from Tuesday 14th to Monday 20th to ease morning traffic congestion. I imagine little else will change.

Does this include International schools, or is it just Thai schools?

[CobraSnakeNecktie]

here is the conference info

http://info.apwatersummit2.org/leaders-forum-20th-may-2013/

Will be interesting to see what happens around the Convention Center in terms of traffic.

[WinnieTheKhwai]

So.. if they're shutting down schools for a water conference, I'm now dreading when do they actually have that Education conference, and shut down the water.

[WinnieTheKhwai]

":All schools are to be closed from Tuesday 14th to Monday 20th to ease morning traffic congestion"

Is this some kind of freaking joke?

If it's true, then all you Thailand defenders "wake up & smell the coffee". You are living in the third world

Um, I like living in the third world. Most of the reasons why I'm in Thailand are directly or indirectly related to it being third world (for lack of a better term).

[Krupnik]

All schools are to be closed from Tuesday 14th to Monday 20th to ease morning traffic congestion. I imagine little else will change.

Does this include International schools, or is it just Thai schools?

Does not include International Schools...

[naboo]

All schools are to be closed from Tuesday 14th to Monday 20th to ease morning traffic congestion. I imagine little else will change.

Does this include International schools, or is it just Thai schools?

International Schools are probably in exam time, so probably open.

I should change my wording, schools have been told to close. That doesn't mean they are all (fully) closing.

[junglechef]

The schools were closed for Teacher's Day, need I say more?

[MESmith]

":All schools are to be closed from Tuesday 14th to Monday 20th to ease morning traffic congestion"

Is this some kind of freaking joke?

If it's true, then all you Thailand defenders "wake up & smell the coffee". You are living in the third world

Um, I like living in the third world. Most of the reasons why I'm in Thailand are directly or indirectly related to it being third world (for lack of a better term).

So did I

[Thakkar]

Wish it was an education conference. Most people in Thailand don't really do irony, making it even better.

If only, but it isn't an education conference. Imagined irony doesn't quite hit the spot.

T

[binjalin]

I 'heard' that water will be switched off in empathy?