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A Singaporean's guide to living in Thailand
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Charming century teak home on Wireless Rd stretch. Next to Nai Lert Hotel, former Hilton (my earlier stays eons ago, in initial forays to LOS).
This was Nai Lert’s world
Khetsirin Pholdhampalit
The Sunday Nation February 14, 2016 1:00 am
Nai Lert's century-old teak houses have reopened as the Nai Lert Park Heritage Home.
Nai Lert gave Siam its first public bus service – 'the white bus' – and you can view a replica.
Nai Lert's great-granddaughter Naphaporn Bodiratnangkura was among the driving forces seeking to preserve the family heritage. She stands by the lotus pond – excavated by a World War II bomb.
See rest interior pics http://www.nationmultimedia.com/sunday/This-was-Nai-Lerts-world-30279220.html
The pioneering businessman’s magnificent teak home reopens after years of renovation
AFTER ALMOST three years and Bt300 million worth of refurbishment, twin century-old teak houses once owned by the famous Nai Lert - Lert Sreshthaputra - have reopened to the public.
Nai Lert (1872-1945) was in his time one of Thailand's foremost businessmen, running ferry and bus services, an ice factory, a shipyard, a department store and a hotel, as well as a taxi company that used imported cars. King Rama VI (Vajiravudh) bestowed on Nai Lert the title Phraya Bhakdinorasreth.
Extensive renovation and landscaping at his 34-rai property on Wireless Road next to the Swissotel Nai Lert Park Bangkok was completed late last year, just in time for the centenary of the year the first house was built. Together they're now called the Nai Lert Park Heritage Home, which offers a chance to trace the history of his esteemed family.
In charge of the project, Naphaporn Bodiratnangkura is the great-granddaughter of Nai Lert and granddaughter of Thanpuying Lersakdi Sampatisiri, a co-founder of the Nai Lert Park Hotel, the neighbouring property since operated by Swissotel.
"After my grandmother passed away six years ago the house was closed for years," she says. "The family finally agreed to bring it back to its former glory while maintaining the spirit of Nai Lert, who erected the buildings in 1915."
Nai Lert chose a bungalow style for the original teak home, a double-deck roof, raised gables and an open plan for the interior. The second house, now sharing its lush green surroundings, was constructed five years later, connected to the main house via a corridor.
The teak was left over from the dockyards - between 1915 and 1917 Nai Lert used it in custom-building ocean liners for the US and Denmark as well as ships for the Royal Siamese Navy.
Naphaporn points out that Nai Lert designed his own home, drawing it in chalk on the floor and having skilled artisans make it a reality. "It took us almost a year to find a tradesman skilled enough to raise the foundation and another eight months to raise both buildings' foundations 15 feet above the ground," she says.
The family has 30,000 "collectibles", too many to have on view at the same time, so they'll rotate, she says. "We have no background in museum management, so we hired a company to handle the collection, but the place felt lifeless. In the end my mother, Sanhapit, who knows the family's background best, was the right person to make this a living museum with true spirit."
In 1909 Nai Lert purchased the land on the bank of the Saen Saeb Canal, running from Pratunam to Ploenchit. Portions were put up for sale, including the property to the south where the British Embassy was established. Nai Lert hung on to the beautiful 60-rai plot bordered by Wireless Road and the Somkit Canal to build his resort home in a park-like setting. The general public was invited to visit the park on Sundays, which led to it being called Nai Lert Park.
Visiting today, you instantly see a sign explaining why the founder was regarded as a trendsetter - his Fiat 508 Balilla is parked out front. It was the first Fiat he imported between 1932 and 1937 and he loved driving it around town - accompanied by his pet leopard Tam. Inside the house is a studio photo of the pair and another of them in a horse-drawn carriage, Nai Lert at the reins.
His public transport took the form of "white buses" equipped with Austin engines, passengers filling two long parallel benches. There's a replica of one of these buses on display too.
"He went into the transport business in 1909 with the carriages drawn by eight horses, carrying eight to 10 passengers," says tour guide Wutichai Wongkoed. "At the same time he also operated the public ferry from Pratunam to Klong Samwa.
"A year later he replaced the horse carriages with motorised vehicles - three-wheeled Ford cars with parallel bench seating. The first route ran between Pratunam and Yosse Bridge near Wat Thep Sirin. By 1933 the bus routes extended across Bangkok. His marketing strategy let ferry passengers use the same ticket when transferring to the bus."
And, after 1920, Wutichai adds, the city's largest bus terminal was right there on the grounds of Nai Lert's house.
Thanpuying Lersakdi, his only daughter, inherited the business empire. In 1975 then-prime minister MR Kukrit Pramoj turned the bus service into a state enterprise,
Mahanakorn Transport, which was the forebear of the Bangkok Mass Transit Administration.
Visitors to the house also get to see two boats Nai Lert designed himself. The first was built in 1917 for sailing the coast, and the other, launched in 1932, was, though bigger and wider, more suited to canal cruises. It has a small bedroom, a bathroom and a galley kitchen.
Outside the house Wutichai points out the three-metre-deep lotus pond. During World War II, Allied aircraft aiming for nearby Makkasan railway station managed to land 22 bombs on Nai Lert's property. "The front house was totally destroyed," he says, "but Nai Lert turned a large crater out front into the lotus pond."
In the vast living room are glass cabinets holding items accumulated by Nai Lert and his wife, Khunying Sinn, and their daughter Lersakdi and her husband Binich Sampatisiri. These include royal decorations, Benjarong porcelain, silverware and glass bottles of lemonade,
well known as nam ma ned. Once again Nai Lert was the pioneer - the first Thai to import the beverage from Singapore, which he sold at the Nai Lert Store in his seven-storey "skyscraper" on Charoen Krung Road, the city's tallest building when it was completed in 1927.
Nai Lert brought in whiskey, wine, beer, ham, canned sausage, coffee machines, sewing machines and bicycles for retail, while the building also housed his Hotel de la Paix, a European-style bar and the ice factory.
Thanpuying Lersakdi has a room dedicated to her, with her working desk and clothes including the uniform she wore on formal occasions as minister of transport in 1976 - she was Thailand's first female Cabinet minister.
Walking canes collected by Phraya Srisena, her husband's father, are on display too. He was Siam's first ambassador to Japan. Topped with silver, copper and ivory in various shapes, such canes were popular among nobles and government officials during the reign of Rama V.
In a small room overlooking the canal, Khunying Sinn used to guide her kitchen staff amid beautiful crystal glassware and tea sets. There's a covered hole on the floor. "Khunying Sinn would lie on the floor upstairs getting a massage, but that didn't stop her from looking through the hole to check on the cooks."
The residential compound also has the Thai-food restaurant Ma Maison. Many of the dishes served there come from Sinn's recipes. (See the restaurant review on Page 10.)
"My great-grandfather took on many projects, and some failed while others succeeded," says Naphaporn. "Having the chance to learn the family history has made me more mature and meticulous about preserving what's inherited from our ancestors. It's not only about family bonds, but also a chapter of Thai history."
A PAGEANT OF HISTORY
The Nai Lert Park Heritage Home is on Wireless road next to the Swissotel Nai Lert Park Bangkok.
Guided tours are conducted in Thai and English every Thursday and Friday at 11am and 2 and 4pm.
Admission is Bt500 (Bt100 for children and students, Bt1,000 for foreigners).
This was Nai Lert’s world
Khetsirin Pholdhampalit
The Sunday Nation February 14, 2016 1:00 am
Nai Lert's century-old teak houses have reopened as the Nai Lert Park Heritage Home.
Nai Lert gave Siam its first public bus service – 'the white bus' – and you can view a replica.
Nai Lert's great-granddaughter Naphaporn Bodiratnangkura was among the driving forces seeking to preserve the family heritage. She stands by the lotus pond – excavated by a World War II bomb.
See rest interior pics http://www.nationmultimedia.com/sunday/This-was-Nai-Lerts-world-30279220.html
The pioneering businessman’s magnificent teak home reopens after years of renovation
AFTER ALMOST three years and Bt300 million worth of refurbishment, twin century-old teak houses once owned by the famous Nai Lert - Lert Sreshthaputra - have reopened to the public.
Nai Lert (1872-1945) was in his time one of Thailand's foremost businessmen, running ferry and bus services, an ice factory, a shipyard, a department store and a hotel, as well as a taxi company that used imported cars. King Rama VI (Vajiravudh) bestowed on Nai Lert the title Phraya Bhakdinorasreth.
Extensive renovation and landscaping at his 34-rai property on Wireless Road next to the Swissotel Nai Lert Park Bangkok was completed late last year, just in time for the centenary of the year the first house was built. Together they're now called the Nai Lert Park Heritage Home, which offers a chance to trace the history of his esteemed family.
In charge of the project, Naphaporn Bodiratnangkura is the great-granddaughter of Nai Lert and granddaughter of Thanpuying Lersakdi Sampatisiri, a co-founder of the Nai Lert Park Hotel, the neighbouring property since operated by Swissotel.
Nai Lert chose a bungalow style for the original teak home, a double-deck roof, raised gables and an open plan for the interior. The second house, now sharing its lush green surroundings, was constructed five years later, connected to the main house via a corridor.
The teak was left over from the dockyards - between 1915 and 1917 Nai Lert used it in custom-building ocean liners for the US and Denmark as well as ships for the Royal Siamese Navy.
Naphaporn points out that Nai Lert designed his own home, drawing it in chalk on the floor and having skilled artisans make it a reality. "It took us almost a year to find a tradesman skilled enough to raise the foundation and another eight months to raise both buildings' foundations 15 feet above the ground," she says.
The family has 30,000 "collectibles", too many to have on view at the same time, so they'll rotate, she says. "We have no background in museum management, so we hired a company to handle the collection, but the place felt lifeless. In the end my mother, Sanhapit, who knows the family's background best, was the right person to make this a living museum with true spirit."
In 1909 Nai Lert purchased the land on the bank of the Saen Saeb Canal, running from Pratunam to Ploenchit. Portions were put up for sale, including the property to the south where the British Embassy was established. Nai Lert hung on to the beautiful 60-rai plot bordered by Wireless Road and the Somkit Canal to build his resort home in a park-like setting. The general public was invited to visit the park on Sundays, which led to it being called Nai Lert Park.
Visiting today, you instantly see a sign explaining why the founder was regarded as a trendsetter - his Fiat 508 Balilla is parked out front. It was the first Fiat he imported between 1932 and 1937 and he loved driving it around town - accompanied by his pet leopard Tam. Inside the house is a studio photo of the pair and another of them in a horse-drawn carriage, Nai Lert at the reins.
His public transport took the form of "white buses" equipped with Austin engines, passengers filling two long parallel benches. There's a replica of one of these buses on display too.
"He went into the transport business in 1909 with the carriages drawn by eight horses, carrying eight to 10 passengers," says tour guide Wutichai Wongkoed. "At the same time he also operated the public ferry from Pratunam to Klong Samwa.
"A year later he replaced the horse carriages with motorised vehicles - three-wheeled Ford cars with parallel bench seating. The first route ran between Pratunam and Yosse Bridge near Wat Thep Sirin. By 1933 the bus routes extended across Bangkok. His marketing strategy let ferry passengers use the same ticket when transferring to the bus."
And, after 1920, Wutichai adds, the city's largest bus terminal was right there on the grounds of Nai Lert's house.
Thanpuying Lersakdi, his only daughter, inherited the business empire. In 1975 then-prime minister MR Kukrit Pramoj turned the bus service into a state enterprise,
Mahanakorn Transport, which was the forebear of the Bangkok Mass Transit Administration.
Visitors to the house also get to see two boats Nai Lert designed himself. The first was built in 1917 for sailing the coast, and the other, launched in 1932, was, though bigger and wider, more suited to canal cruises. It has a small bedroom, a bathroom and a galley kitchen.
Outside the house Wutichai points out the three-metre-deep lotus pond. During World War II, Allied aircraft aiming for nearby Makkasan railway station managed to land 22 bombs on Nai Lert's property. "The front house was totally destroyed," he says, "but Nai Lert turned a large crater out front into the lotus pond."
In the vast living room are glass cabinets holding items accumulated by Nai Lert and his wife, Khunying Sinn, and their daughter Lersakdi and her husband Binich Sampatisiri. These include royal decorations, Benjarong porcelain, silverware and glass bottles of lemonade,
well known as nam ma ned. Once again Nai Lert was the pioneer - the first Thai to import the beverage from Singapore, which he sold at the Nai Lert Store in his seven-storey "skyscraper" on Charoen Krung Road, the city's tallest building when it was completed in 1927.
Nai Lert brought in whiskey, wine, beer, ham, canned sausage, coffee machines, sewing machines and bicycles for retail, while the building also housed his Hotel de la Paix, a European-style bar and the ice factory.
Thanpuying Lersakdi has a room dedicated to her, with her working desk and clothes including the uniform she wore on formal occasions as minister of transport in 1976 - she was Thailand's first female Cabinet minister.
Walking canes collected by Phraya Srisena, her husband's father, are on display too. He was Siam's first ambassador to Japan. Topped with silver, copper and ivory in various shapes, such canes were popular among nobles and government officials during the reign of Rama V.
In a small room overlooking the canal, Khunying Sinn used to guide her kitchen staff amid beautiful crystal glassware and tea sets. There's a covered hole on the floor. "Khunying Sinn would lie on the floor upstairs getting a massage, but that didn't stop her from looking through the hole to check on the cooks."
The residential compound also has the Thai-food restaurant Ma Maison. Many of the dishes served there come from Sinn's recipes. (See the restaurant review on Page 10.)
"My great-grandfather took on many projects, and some failed while others succeeded," says Naphaporn. "Having the chance to learn the family history has made me more mature and meticulous about preserving what's inherited from our ancestors. It's not only about family bonds, but also a chapter of Thai history."
A PAGEANT OF HISTORY
The Nai Lert Park Heritage Home is on Wireless road next to the Swissotel Nai Lert Park Bangkok.
Guided tours are conducted in Thai and English every Thursday and Friday at 11am and 2 and 4pm.
Admission is Bt500 (Bt100 for children and students, Bt1,000 for foreigners).
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This is solid old money.
Btw around nai lert park at the corner there's a famous shrine with all the gigantic penis and phallus symbols. Built by the man himself.
Jao Mae Tuptim shrine.....its related to sex though nothing x rated.....devotees pray for pregnancy/child....
Btw around nai lert park at the corner there's a famous shrine with all the gigantic penis and phallus symbols. Built by the man himself.
Jao Mae Tuptim shrine.....its related to sex though nothing x rated.....devotees pray for pregnancy/child....
Smack next to car park annexe of Nai Lai Pert Hotel (ex Hilton). I did not seek help for my cause though :p
Anyone can point me to good Chinese food in BKK, around Nonthaburi area ? Many thanks 
Surprise :p
AVIATION
AirAsia, THAI in stake talks
Bangkok Post Published: 20/02/2016 at 06:44
The idea had been suggested by Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak. Mr Tassapon, CEO of Asia Aviation Plc (AAV) that owns Thai AirAsia, confirmed media reports on Friday that Mr Somkid raised the idea during a meeting on Wednesday with top tourism officials and executives of THAI, its low-cost subsidiary Thai Smile Airways and Thai AirAsia to have both rivals working together through a stock purchase.
“I plan to discuss the idea with Khun Charamporn before I can tell you more details,” Mr Tassapon told the Bangkok Post.
Mr Somkid said THAI’s strategic stake in Thai AirAsia would bring about synergies for the two rivals to expand their routes to secondary cities in Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar, to make Thailand a regional tourism hub, Post Today reported on Friday.
He had instructed Mr Charamporn to complete a feasibility study in two months, opening up an opportunity for the Finance Ministry’s Vayupak Fund to finance the deal, said Post’s sister business daily.
The Bangkok Post contacted Mr Charamporn but he declined to comment on the report.
AAV and THAI shares on Friday rose 0.93% to close at 5.45 baht and 10.90 baht respectively while the main SET Index soared 1.98% to close at 1,320.19 points.
AAV’s market capitalisation was 26.19 billion baht as of Thursday versus THAI’s 23.57 billion baht.
AVIATION
AirAsia, THAI in stake talks
Bangkok Post Published: 20/02/2016 at 06:44
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Thai AirAsia boss Tassapon Bijleveld will meet Thai Airways International (THAI) chief Charamporn Jotikasthira next week to discuss the possibility of the flag carrier buying a 20% stake in the budget airline.
The idea had been suggested by Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak. Mr Tassapon, CEO of Asia Aviation Plc (AAV) that owns Thai AirAsia, confirmed media reports on Friday that Mr Somkid raised the idea during a meeting on Wednesday with top tourism officials and executives of THAI, its low-cost subsidiary Thai Smile Airways and Thai AirAsia to have both rivals working together through a stock purchase.
“I plan to discuss the idea with Khun Charamporn before I can tell you more details,” Mr Tassapon told the Bangkok Post.
Mr Somkid said THAI’s strategic stake in Thai AirAsia would bring about synergies for the two rivals to expand their routes to secondary cities in Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar, to make Thailand a regional tourism hub, Post Today reported on Friday.
He had instructed Mr Charamporn to complete a feasibility study in two months, opening up an opportunity for the Finance Ministry’s Vayupak Fund to finance the deal, said Post’s sister business daily.
The Bangkok Post contacted Mr Charamporn but he declined to comment on the report.
AAV and THAI shares on Friday rose 0.93% to close at 5.45 baht and 10.90 baht respectively while the main SET Index soared 1.98% to close at 1,320.19 points.
AAV’s market capitalisation was 26.19 billion baht as of Thursday versus THAI’s 23.57 billion baht.
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Same here, it was the 1st Hotel I stayed in Bangkok. Unfortunately it was on company time & I didn't get to see much of the hotel because I had to leave for the office early in the morning & only returned late at might.
I remember the lush gardens. I believe it is now a Swissotel instead of a Hilton Hotel.
Careful when you mention Bangkok Hilton......
Depending on your audience....some would construe you mean bang kwang prison
Careful when you mention Bangkok Hilton......
Depending on your audience....some would construe you mean bang kwang prison
Thst is what I would think
Ekkamia Ramintra as the name suggests is a road that starts from Ramintra Road to Ekkamia or the other way round. Past 10 years there's been lots of new development along this road with many new restaurants and malls opened.
Two of the most popular malls are The Crystal @ Crystal Park and CDC (Crystal Design Center). Latest to the addition are Central Festival Eastville and The Crystal Phase 3.
Other than the malls are many big Thai restaurants and pubs.
The Crystal Phase 3 - opened about a month ago
The Wine Connection at The Crystal Phase 3
Lunch
Two of the most popular malls are The Crystal @ Crystal Park and CDC (Crystal Design Center). Latest to the addition are Central Festival Eastville and The Crystal Phase 3.
Other than the malls are many big Thai restaurants and pubs.
The Crystal Phase 3 - opened about a month ago
The Wine Connection at The Crystal Phase 3
Lunch
Party of 4
Re: A Singaporean's guide to living in Thailand ? Feasible?
DROUGHT
Drought slams hospitals
North, Northeast services under strain
The Public Health Ministry says five hospitals in the North and Northeast are facing severe water shortages caused by the drought, which has affected the hospitals' medical services.
The five hospitals are Doi Ngam Tambon Health Promotion Hospital and Pa Hoong Tambon Health Promotion Hospital in Chiang Rai, San Pa Tong Hospital in Chiang Mai, Wiang Kao Hospital in Khon Kaen and Phra Thong Kham Hospital in Nakhon Ratchasima.
Sophon Mekthon, permanent secretary of the Ministry of Public Health, said the ministry has been on full alert monitoring the drought crisis. He said the water shortage has affected dental treatment units and consumption in the two tambon health promotion hospitals in Chiang Rai.
Phra Thong Kham Hospital has found high levels of mineral sediment exceeding the safety standard in the water, while Wiang Kao and San Pa Tong hospitals face a shortage of water for consumption purposes, according to Dr Sophon.
The ministry contacted the local tap water production authorities to provide additional water sources for the hospitals, along with improving the water quality to be in line with safety standards.
"We have focused on the provinces hit by the severe drought. We want to ensure that all hospitals in risk areas are ready for the water management plan which aims to produce enough clean water for medical services," he said.
According to the ministry, 2,216 people have caught illnesses caused by a lack of water since January. The illnesses include food poisoning, diarrhoea and typhoid. Authorities suggested people ensure they use clean water and food to prevent falling sick.
Meanwhile, the Provincial Waterworks Authority has reported to the National Water Resources Board that 17 local tap water manufacturing stations in 14 provinces mostly in the northern and northeastern regions face a supply shortage.
Among them, three tap water manufacturing stations in Chachoengsao province have suffered sea water intrusion into raw water sources.
Thanar Suwattana, spokesman of the Department of Royal Irrigation, Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, said the amount of water in four major dams supplying the Chao Praya River basin stood at 3.1 billion cubic metres, of which 538 million cubic metres is now available to help preserve the ecological system.
Regarding the seawater intrusion, Mr Thanar insisted the amount of seawater intruding into raw water sources is not a problem just yet but water pumping to feed tap water production would be suspended if salt levels in fresh water rise much higher.
In Bangkok, a saltwater measuring station at Siriraj Hospital found the level of salt in the Chao Phraya River at 2.13 grammes per litre, which is slightly higher than the safety standard for agricultural use of 2.00 grammes per litre.
DROUGHT
Drought slams hospitals
North, Northeast services under strain
- Bangkok Post Published: 23/02/2016 at 04:00 AM
The Public Health Ministry says five hospitals in the North and Northeast are facing severe water shortages caused by the drought, which has affected the hospitals' medical services.
The five hospitals are Doi Ngam Tambon Health Promotion Hospital and Pa Hoong Tambon Health Promotion Hospital in Chiang Rai, San Pa Tong Hospital in Chiang Mai, Wiang Kao Hospital in Khon Kaen and Phra Thong Kham Hospital in Nakhon Ratchasima.
Sophon Mekthon, permanent secretary of the Ministry of Public Health, said the ministry has been on full alert monitoring the drought crisis. He said the water shortage has affected dental treatment units and consumption in the two tambon health promotion hospitals in Chiang Rai.
Phra Thong Kham Hospital has found high levels of mineral sediment exceeding the safety standard in the water, while Wiang Kao and San Pa Tong hospitals face a shortage of water for consumption purposes, according to Dr Sophon.
The ministry contacted the local tap water production authorities to provide additional water sources for the hospitals, along with improving the water quality to be in line with safety standards.
"We have focused on the provinces hit by the severe drought. We want to ensure that all hospitals in risk areas are ready for the water management plan which aims to produce enough clean water for medical services," he said.
According to the ministry, 2,216 people have caught illnesses caused by a lack of water since January. The illnesses include food poisoning, diarrhoea and typhoid. Authorities suggested people ensure they use clean water and food to prevent falling sick.
Meanwhile, the Provincial Waterworks Authority has reported to the National Water Resources Board that 17 local tap water manufacturing stations in 14 provinces mostly in the northern and northeastern regions face a supply shortage.
Among them, three tap water manufacturing stations in Chachoengsao province have suffered sea water intrusion into raw water sources.
Thanar Suwattana, spokesman of the Department of Royal Irrigation, Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, said the amount of water in four major dams supplying the Chao Praya River basin stood at 3.1 billion cubic metres, of which 538 million cubic metres is now available to help preserve the ecological system.
Regarding the seawater intrusion, Mr Thanar insisted the amount of seawater intruding into raw water sources is not a problem just yet but water pumping to feed tap water production would be suspended if salt levels in fresh water rise much higher.
In Bangkok, a saltwater measuring station at Siriraj Hospital found the level of salt in the Chao Phraya River at 2.13 grammes per litre, which is slightly higher than the safety standard for agricultural use of 2.00 grammes per litre.
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Re: A Singaporean's guide to living in Thailand ? Feasible?
On Monday, Thai Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn visited Cambodia, but before she arrived, she requested that they build a $40,000 air-conditioned outhouse with a lake view that only she can use.
The princess, who is the second daughter of Thailand’s current King Bhumibol Adulyadej, is visiting a resort next to Yeak Loam Lake in the rural province of Ratanakiri.
The princess hired Thai construction firm Siam Cement Group to create an air-conditioned, 8 square-meter toilet with a view overlooking the lake. The firm flew in contractor’s, labourers and materials from Thailand and took 19 days to build it. It is unclear whether Thailand or Cambodia paid for the pricey toilet.
After her visit, the toilet will be destroyed as it is not to be used by anyone who isn’t royalty and the outhouse itself will be converted into an office for Cambodian government workers. A manager at Siam Cement Group told The Guardian:
Normal people can’t use a [royal] toilet.”
The princess’s three day visit will be hosted by resort owner Pierre-Yves Clais who will throw a banquet. Foie gras, crepes and fish cooked in butter sauce are reportedly some of the menu items the princess will be dining on.
The average Cambodian factory worker only makes $140 a month, according to the BBC, but the the average income where the princess is staying is reportedly much lower.
The majority of Cambodians (69%) living in the country’s rural regions don’t have access to basic sanitation or toilets and defecate out in the open.
On Monday, Thai Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn visited Cambodia, but before she arrived, she requested that they build a $40,000 air-conditioned outhouse with a lake view that only she can use.
The princess, who is the second daughter of Thailand’s current King Bhumibol Adulyadej, is visiting a resort next to Yeak Loam Lake in the rural province of Ratanakiri.
The princess hired Thai construction firm Siam Cement Group to create an air-conditioned, 8 square-meter toilet with a view overlooking the lake. The firm flew in contractor’s, labourers and materials from Thailand and took 19 days to build it. It is unclear whether Thailand or Cambodia paid for the pricey toilet.
After her visit, the toilet will be destroyed as it is not to be used by anyone who isn’t royalty and the outhouse itself will be converted into an office for Cambodian government workers. A manager at Siam Cement Group told The Guardian:
Normal people can’t use a [royal] toilet.”
The princess’s three day visit will be hosted by resort owner Pierre-Yves Clais who will throw a banquet. Foie gras, crepes and fish cooked in butter sauce are reportedly some of the menu items the princess will be dining on.
The average Cambodian factory worker only makes $140 a month, according to the BBC, but the the average income where the princess is staying is reportedly much lower.
The majority of Cambodians (69%) living in the country’s rural regions don’t have access to basic sanitation or toilets and defecate out in the open.
Re: A Singaporean's guide to living in Thailand ? Feasible?
what a waste of resources!!!! what sort of mindset that is???
what a waste of resources!!!! what sort of mindset that is???
Re: A Singaporean's guide to living in Thailand ? Feasible?
Our fake royalty PM appears so humble in comparison......
http://www.sammyboy.com/archive/index.php/t-193649.html
Our fake royalty PM appears so humble in comparison......
http://www.sammyboy.com/archive/index.php/t-193649.html
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