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Sustainability, taking flight
Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 11/11/2015
» At first glance, with its steel scaffolding the newly opened Schiphol-Noord bus station looks like any other unremarkable building. And in terms of European architectural design, the station locally known as Knooppunt Schiphol-Noord pales in comparison to flashier terminals such as the orange, whale jaw-shaped bus station at Hoofddrop's Spaarne Hospital in the Netherlands, or Poole Bus Station in the UK, with its giant mural.
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PM Ardern wins people's hearts
News, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 01/03/2021
» When New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern visited Thailand for the East Asia Summit in 2019, she surprised officials and media waiting at the airport for the world's youngest PM.
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Staying clean in a post-virus travelling world
Oped, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 09/04/2020
» The Covid-19 pandemic has shocked the thriving aviation industry and forced it into hibernation. But Thailand's aviation authority is using this rare hiatus to develop airport facilities in preparation for the post-Covid-19 world.
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Bold bid to seamlessly turn Bangkok into a 'smart city'
News, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 07/10/2018
» 'Seamless travelling" is becoming a new buzz word in Thailand. The term has been around for a while but got a new lease on life on Friday during Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha's meet-and-greet trip in Bangkok.
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Rainy days ahead unless we fix floods
News, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 23/08/2017
» The sea gypsies of Koh Lipe, a tourist island in the Andaman Sea, have had a close relationship with water all their lives. Water for them is intrinsic and very much tied to the phases of the moon. In times of high tide or heavy monsoon, water will cover parts of their land, but these seafarers have learned to cope, and they even commute on boats. Rising water levels have never been a major concern for these people, at least until recently.
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World on the move
Asia focus, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 26/06/2017
» It is not an overstatement to say that the world is no longer a safe and peaceful place. News of terrorist attacks has become a sad fact of daily life, most recently in London and Paris again this month.
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Joni's parking lot puts Phuket in perspective
News, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 11/07/2016
» Every time I go to Phuket, a famous 1970 song by Joni Mitchell, "Big Yellow Taxi", always rings in my head. Lyrical and melodic, it pierces right into your heart. The first line -- "They paved paradise and put up a parking lot" -- has become an anthem for conservationists as they express concern over tasteless economic development.
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Whatever the leather
Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 09/12/2015
» Like many Dutch people, Anneke van der Heide Wijma uses a bicycle to get around. One day, while pedalling across Amsterdam on her way home, van derHeide Wijma saw an old sofa discarded on the street.
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The rocky road to development
Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 02/09/2015
» One Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha's many ideas is the "New Bangkok Landmark", in the form of a 14km-long bicycle way that would, if launched, be built along the Chao Phraya. This caused some panic attacks among local architects. After the idea was thrown around earlier in the year, prominent Thai architects voiced their disagreement and suggested that at least the design -- an expressway-like structure built into the water along the river bank -- be revised, if not abandoned altogether. The cost of the project is said to be around 14 billion baht.
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A cultural hangover
Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 26/03/2015
» Some of them push, pull and even drive crowds apart, all so they are able to follow their tour guide. You often hear them before you see them, announcing their presence by chatter that sounds more like yelling.
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