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Train reaction: Fighting to save old stations
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 24/06/2017
» Parinya Chukaew is using social media to take on the establishment in hope of saving up to half of the nation's 400 ageing railway stations. They are slated to be razed but he argues they must be conserved as part of Thailand's cultural and architectural heritage.
Absentee saga set to haunt NLA
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 19/06/2017
» If we go for a change, it must be for the better, not worse. The National Legislative Assembly (NLA) should bear this in mind when it introduces any change. A pity it didn't in regard to changing the rules governing absenteeism.
Doomed stations are part of our heritage
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 01/04/2017
» While the country observes Thai heritage day tomorrow, it's ironic that we have to watch a lot of our heritage slip away. That includes the old railway stations that are headed for an upgrade under the State Railway of Thailand's (SRT) double-track development plan.
Old railway stations are slipping away
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 18/03/2017
» As Thailand is going ahead with its double-track train development plan, the first casualties of the development are the old railway stations across the country.
It's best not to forget lessons of 1991 coup
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 24/02/2017
» Feb 23, the day the military top brass toppled the government of Chatichai Choonhavan in a bloodless coup in 1991 (with a political bloodbath, known as the Black May uprising the following year) passed by almost without notice.
Anti-coal protesters shrug off PM's threat
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 16/02/2017
» Once again, Bangkok is to become a scene of protests for anti-coal activists, as the top energy policy agency will meet and make a decision on the contentious coal-fired power plant in Krabi tomorrow.
On your bike, deputy governor
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 16/12/2016
» So, the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) is to give up its plan to make the City of Angels a bit more liveable.
Political will needed for Mahakan fix
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 07/10/2016
» "The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision." This quote by Helen Keller immediately came to mind when I learned of the decision by the government to back the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration's plan to uproot the Mahakan Fort community in its eviction plan.
BMA reneges on Mahakan Fort promise
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 01/10/2016
» Conflicts over the Mahakan Fort community continued to escalate this week, and it's about time the Prayut Chan-o-cha government steps in to find a solution.
NLA tries to save Mahakan Fort community
Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 03/08/2016
» A key lawmaker is optimistic the Mahakan Fort community can be protected from the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration’s eviction plan.