Bangkok beautification: Governor plants pine trees in Khao San area!

[webfact 78,375]

Bangkok beautification: Governor plants pine trees in Khao San area!

 

Picture: Facebook Bangkok Governor

 

The beautification and gentrification of Bangkok has continued with pine trees planted in the Khao San area.

 

Bangkok's governor Aswin Kwanmuang proudly proclaimed on his Facebook page that phase two of plans ordered by PM Payuth Chan-ocha to tidy up the area were complete with Kraisi Road that runs alongside Khao San now complete. 

 

The road also features stainless steel bollards like its more famous sister and is "clean, beautiful and easy to walk along" according to the governor. 

 

Other areas of Bangkok are also planned to get the beautification treatment, he said. 

 

Thaivisa notes that many people are pleased with efforts to make Bangkok more habitable and easier to walk in but critics point to the fact that the measures to bring order have turned some areas from character filled to sanitized and boring.

 

Source: Facebook Bangkok Governor

 

 

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[tonray 13,264]

Hoping the scent of Pine needles will mask the scent of urine ?

 

But seriously I love those trees ..just added two in large pots to my garden, they need to be misted especially in hot season to do well however.

[harada 3,998]

I’m sure the thought was there but big pine trees and a mass of powerlines don’t mix.

[soi3eddie 1,457]

 

If and when backpackers ever come back, they'll certainly be impressed. Lucky they put the trees in tubs and behind railings to keep the soi dogs and drunks from pissing on the trees.

 

[Tropicalevo 5,793]

Come on people!

Why feed the starving and homeless?

Why help the businesses that are struggling to survive?

Why help the unemployed when we can spend money on planting trees?

Remember that when these 'infrastructure' projects are awarded, there is never a budget for maintenance.

I suspect that the trees will be dead in nine months.

For goodness sake Bangkok - please help those that really need help.

[Benmart 5,366]

It's all about appearance and illusion. Behind the gilded façade and selected tidy streets, reality tells the story of despair and hopelessness for many.

[Justgrazing 19,558]

11 hours ago, webfact said:

but critics point to the fact that the measures to bring order have turned some areas from character filled to sanitized and boring.

 

Gave them the needle then .. 

[wpcoe 1,061]

Ho, ho, ho!

[richard_smith237 26,060]

Some lunatic in a position of decision making power has seen a photo of a European ski resort and came up with this idea !!!

 

[MaiDong 484]

Why pine trees?? They look so out of place, like a Christmas toy town.

[Captain Monday 1,746]

I anticipate various problems.

Then dig them all up when time to bury the overhead wires.

[UbonEagle 17]

stupid brainless choice, tourists want to see tropical style trees eg palms when they come to thailand

[Captain Monday 1,746]

15 hours ago, UbonEagle said:

stupid brainless choice, tourists want to see tropical style trees eg palms when they come to thailand

The trees are a tropical variety.