Gov approves plans to construct parks along Chao Phraya River

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Gov approves plans to construct parks along Chao Phraya River



BANGKOK, 12 May 2015 (NNT) - The government has approved the Chao Phraya River development project, and agreed to replace the Deputy Minister of Energy.

Minister of Interior General Anupong Paochinda spoke of the Cabinet’s decision to adjust the budget and parameters of the project, after the plan to construct a road running along the river banks had been scrapped. He said the project has been retooled to build recreational parks, bicycle lanes, as well as a sports stadium.

Deputy Prime Minister ML Panadda Diskul revealed that the Cabinet has agreed to transfer Deputy Minister of Energy Areepong Phuchaoom to the position of Secretary General of the Office of the Public Sector Development Commission.

Furthermore, the Deputy PM invited the public to dress in traditional Thai clothing on Fridays, in order to support local products and preserve their cultural heritage.


-- NNT 2015-05-12

[Nick167]

Wow, thailand is really a rich country now.....no need to worry about the economy, no such thing as poor people, no need to worry about the aviation industry problems, the fishing industry problems, the issues of sanctions because of IP violations, new issues coming up about the Sugar Industry, the mess in the agricultural industry, the rising household debts, the potential bubble in real estate market, tourism slowdowns, issues of more SMEs going bust or relocating, the dangers of the Japanes companies gradually moving manufacturing bases to Vietnam,competition coming from Vietnam, Cambodia and Myanmar, the Chinese potential economic slowdown, other global economic issues, etc, etc etc

Nope, everything is fine in Thailand, even the political, social and economic arenas, everthing is doing so well and we should be building more parks and cycling lanes.

[josephbloggs]

Wow, thailand is really a rich country now.....no need to worry about the economy, no such thing as poor people, no need to worry about the aviation industry problems, the fishing industry problems, the issues of sanctions because of IP violations, new issues coming up about the Sugar Industry, the mess in the agricultural industry, the rising household debts, the potential bubble in real estate market, tourism slowdowns, issues of more SMEs going bust or relocating, the dangers of the Japanes companies gradually moving manufacturing bases to Vietnam,competition coming from Vietnam, Cambodia and Myanmar, the Chinese potential economic slowdown, other global economic issues, etc, etc etc

Nope, everything is fine in Thailand, even the political, social and economic arenas, everthing is doing so well and we should be building more parks and cycling lanes.

Incredible. People on her moan that there aren't enough parks, moan they want to build roads along the side of the river, then people on here moan when they decide to build more public parks instead of roads.

[dragonfly94]

Looking forward to Friday, should be a good laugh

[bangon04]

"He said the project has been retooled to build recreational parks"

and of course nothing at all to do with the publicised plan to build another mall on Makkasan green land........

Traditional Thai dress sounds like a good idea, especially on the crowded skytrain in rush hour....

[JayBangkok]

How the mighty have fallen!

20 years ago the Majestic Chao Phraya river was nice to sit beside, eat at a riverside restaurant etc.

Nowadays it is full of rubbish and the noise from ton-up long tailed boats with no silencers, extremely noisy tugs, and tourist cruise boats with dreadful, high volume singing make the river a place to avoid.

[rametindallas]

Wow, thailand is really a rich country now.....no need to worry about the economy, no such thing as poor people, no need to worry about the aviation industry problems, the fishing industry problems, the issues of sanctions because of IP violations, new issues coming up about the Sugar Industry, the mess in the agricultural industry, the rising household debts, the potential bubble in real estate market, tourism slowdowns, issues of more SMEs going bust or relocating, the dangers of the Japanes companies gradually moving manufacturing bases to Vietnam,competition coming from Vietnam, Cambodia and Myanmar, the Chinese potential economic slowdown, other global economic issues, etc, etc etc

Nope, everything is fine in Thailand, even the political, social and economic arenas, everthing is doing so well and we should be building more parks and cycling lanes.

If the current government doesn't step in now and set aside some river-front land for the use of the general public, the rich land developers, in cahoots with politicians and crooked civil service agents, will gobble it all up and the only one's with a view of the river will be the wealthy who can afford those river-front condominiums. I fail to see why this is something to complain about.

Nope, everything is fine in Thailand, even the political, social and economic arenas, everthing is doing so well and we should be building more parks and cycling lanes.

Really does ever other problem in Thailand have to be solved before the building of parks and safe cycling lanes along the river to be built? Bangkok has a smaller percentage of its land devoted to public/green space than most any other city of its size

47 per cent of London is green space http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/47-per-cent-of-london-is-green-space-is-it-time-for-our-capital-to-become-a-national-park-9756470.html

Vienna 51%, Singapore 47%, Sydney 46%, Hong Kong 40% 70% is the total green space 40% is protected,

Rio De Janeiro 40%, London 38.40% Almost 40%! Stockholm 30%, Johannesburg-Gauteng 24%, New York City 19.7 % or 14% Park Score/World Culture Report, San Francisco 17.9%, Portland OR 16.3%.

Los Angeles 16.2%, Munich 16%, Berlin 14.40%, Jakarta 10.4%, Paris 9.40%, Amsterdam 9.09%, Chicago 8.5%, Buenos Aires 5%, Tokyo 3.44%, Rome 3%, Shanghai 2.60%, Mumbai 2.50%, Istanbul 1.5%. London is the greenest city of its size. http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1660203

Bangkok has mere 3.3 square meters of green space per person. This is less than any other city in any of the Asian countries that are in a similar state of development. The very worst Asian cities, by this measure, are Kolkata (1.8 square meters) and Jakarta (2.3 square meters). The average green space per inhabitant in the 22 cities surveyed in the Asian Green City Index is 38.6 square meters. (Guangzhou wins that contest, with 166.3 square meters per person and Hong Kong ranks near the top with 105.3 meters. Beijing enjoys 88.4 meters and Delhi 18.8). The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends that “cities provide nine square meters of undeveloped (unpaved) open space for every inhabitant”. It is unclear exactly how their boffins arrived at this number. But it does appear that reserving only a third that much space, per person, might incur some rather disastrous side effects. Scientists studying Bangkok’s thermal environment have found that the average surface temperature in the region of greater Bangkok stood at 26.0° in 1994. By 2007 it had risen to 37.8°, and by 2009, the most recent year available, to 39.8°. http://www.economist.com/blogs/banyan/2013/06/public-space-bangkok

Bangkok has one of the lowest percentages of green areas of any major capital in Asia; it's time residents got new parks to breathe in

Unfortunately, these vital issues are not being taken seriously by the candidates. They have forgotten that what people really need is a pleasant environment with fresh air to breathe. http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/619385-bangkok-is-in-desperate-need-of-open-spaces-and-fresh-air/

As, hopefully, you can see now this as a priority as high as those you mentioned at the beginning of your post, and politicians won't act (what's in it for them?), it a good thing that the current PM is actually putting this on his 'to do' list. I won't bet on it but I sincerely hope Bangkok increases its green spaces dramatically for the mental and social well-being of its citizens and visitors.

[marko kok prong]

So what will the parks look like after 6 months,strewn with discarded rubbish,that how they will be.

[Time Traveller]

Wow, thailand is really a rich country now.....no need to worry about the economy, no such thing as poor people, no need to worry about the aviation industry problems, the fishing industry problems, the issues of sanctions because of IP violations, new issues coming up about the Sugar Industry, the mess in the agricultural industry, the rising household debts, the potential bubble in real estate market, tourism slowdowns, issues of more SMEs going bust or relocating, the dangers of the Japanes companies gradually moving manufacturing bases to Vietnam,competition coming from Vietnam, Cambodia and Myanmar, the Chinese potential economic slowdown, other global economic issues, etc, etc etc

Nope, everything is fine in Thailand, even the political, social and economic arenas, everthing is doing so well and we should be building more parks and cycling lanes.

Would it make you happy if every square foot of the country was turned into a factory spewing out toxic smoke just to provide jobs and improve GDP ? There are places like that. Cities in China. Bangladesh. India. Dirty disgusting polluted but really rich places you aspire Thailand to be like.

Of course, no sensible person would want thailand to have nice parks and cycle ways like you see in those desperately poor cities like San Francisco or Zurich (what a waste of resources!), when you could have a city full of sweatshop workhouses all creating GDP around the clock.

Edited May 13, 2015 by Time Traveller

[bangon04]

So what will the parks look like after 6 months,strewn with discarded rubbish,that how they will be.

The answer is easy - you just declare them Royal parks, aka sacred protected spaces - so most Thais will not dare to litter. Then station a load of Tessakit to harass the Chinese foreigners and fine them on the spot for any littering.