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Temple row needs fixing
Oped, Editorial, Published on 04/07/2023
» A long-standing row between the abbot of Wat Kalaya and the noble Pravitra family demonstrates loopholes in conservation laws and poor enforcement as several heritage places are being threatened in the name of development.
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Park law must aid forest guardians
Editorial, Published on 23/07/2023
» Our forest laws have inflicted immense hardship on more than 10 million people living in national forests.
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Mall razing a rare win
Oped, Editorial, Published on 26/04/2022
» The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) yesterday began demolishing what remains of Bang Lamphu department store in Phra Nakhon district. The move is a rare victory in City Hall's fight against unsafe buildings in the capital.
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Permit U-turn a costly error
Oped, Editorial, Published on 03/08/2021
» On Friday, the Administrative Court ruled to withdraw the permit for the 6.5-billion-baht Ashton Asoke condominium project, a swanky 50-storey high-rise residential building -- saying the project violated the Building Control Act as it does not have an exit onto Asoke Road.
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Heritage loss is shameful
Oped, Editorial, Published on 19/06/2020
» The demolition of a building over a century old, touted as part of the historical legacy of Phrae province, by a private constructor commissioned for a restoration project, is causing a public uproar.
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Demolition plan off track
News, Editorial, Published on 15/08/2019
» The State Railway of Thailand (SRT) has unveiled a plan to tear down a large number of old railway stations to pave the way for the construction of double-track railways, without considering the fact that most of them are national heritage buildings. This is wrong.
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Spare the Mekong
News, Editorial, Published on 30/12/2016
» The Prayut Chan-o-cha government made an out-of-the-blue decision that paves the way for the demolition of the Mekong River's rocky outcrops for the sake of "improved waterway navigation".
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It's time to take care of our national parks
News, Editorial, Published on 25/10/2015
» The recent controversy over the encroachment on Phu Thap Boek mountain is simply another example of the uncontrolled growth of tourism in Thailand. In the past couple of years, many resorts and tourist lodges had sprung up at the top of Phu Thap Boek mountain in Phetchabun, which was originally meant to be preserved for Hmong resettlement and kept as a natural upstream habitat.
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Trouble at temple a sign of the times
News, Editorial, Published on 13/09/2015
» Ideally, a Thai community would accommodate a school and a temple. As is still the case in many places, many temples have a school as the temple serves as a community centre for surrounding residents. After all, temples have traditionally operated on donations from people living nearby. A temple’s relationship with its surrounding community has been close. With lax monastic rules and regulations, the community had a say in the temple’s operation and its finances. However, as time passes and with urbanisation, this may no longer be the case.
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