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Conference examines citizen's role in SEA published : 28 Jan 2021 at 04:00 (Photo courtesy of Alliance Française Bangkok) Alliance Francaise on Witthayu Road is holding "Bangkok's Night Of Ideas", a conference and debate on the environmental issues and the role of citizens in Southeast Asian cities, today at 5.30pm. The event also will be presented online. A collaboration with the Embassy of France, the French Research Institute on Contemporary Southeast Asia (Irasec), the Urban Design and Development Center at Chulalongkorn University (CU-UDDC) and Heinrich Bö...

In old Bangkok, a goddess resists a wave of gentrification By Jorge Silva The Wider Image: In old Bangkok, a goddess resists a wave of gentrification BANGKOK (Reuters) – Inside the shrine of Chao Mae Thap Thim in Bangkok, a figurine of the sea goddess Mazu sits in the centre of a gold-framed altar of deities in a room festooned with lanterns and Chinese scriptures. Outside, a tall, newly erected metal fence stands between the goddess and a vast construction site, where a dozen trucks and excavators are waiting to move in and demolish the historic shrine once at the heart of the ...

INSIDE the shrine of Chao Mae Thap Thim in Bangkok, a figurine of the sea goddess Mazu sits in the centre of a gold-framed altar of deities in a room ...

In old Bangkok, a temple to the sea goddess Matsu resists gentrification Reuters, BANGKOK Inside the shrine of Chao Mae Thap Thim in Bangkok, a figurine of the sea goddess Matsu sits in the center of a gold-framed altar of deities in a room festooned with lanterns and Chinese scriptures. Outside, a tall, newly erected metal fence stands between the goddess and a vast construction site, where a dozen trucks and excavators are waiting to move in and demolish the historic shrine once at the heart of the Thai capital’s ethnic Chinese community. The stone lions that protect the shrine might not ...