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    Bangkok's secret weapon in war against floods

    News, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 21/10/2017

    » When the torrential rains of Oct 13 caused heavy flooding in Bangkok, several parts of the city were swamped, including Chulalongkorn University Centenary Park in Sam Yan. However, as the park slowly filled with water, Kotchakorn Voraakhom, the landscape architect who designed the project, remained unconcerned. She even expressed her satisfaction in a Facebook post that the park had finally delivered on one of its purposes -- the detention of flood water.

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    It's really best when you say nothing at all

    News, Kong Rithdee, Published on 20/09/2014

    » Dear diary, it is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt, as Mark Twain said. How charming my mouth has been in the past week. If it had been Yingluck Shinawatra saying those things, I'm sure a riot would've broken out and the sound of a million whistles would've shattered your eardrums. But it's me, so it's different. It's not the action but the man. How could those pettifogging critics interpret my speech as avuncular nonsense, when in fact they're pieces of wisdom worthy of being chronicled in the national archives and inscribed onto monuments?

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    Lurking danger of flood-damaged buildings

    Jon Fernquest, Published on 01/12/2011

    » Have the pillars and beams of the buildings you work or live in been weakened to the point of collapse by floodwaters?

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    No escape for Bangkok

    Terry Fredrickson, Published on 25/10/2011

    » Flooding throughout Bangkok might not be as bad as it as at Thammasat's University Rangsit Campus, but it seems certain to be a major headache for at least the next month.

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    Anxious city

    Terry Fredrickson, Published on 14/10/2011

    » Bangkok residents were briefly thrown into panic yesterday by what turned out to be a false flood alarm.

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    Calculating the bill

    Terry Fredrickson, Published on 27/10/2010

    » The compensation bill to the government for helping those affected by the floods is expected to be very high.

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