The Mahakan Fort mistakeAfter booting the old Mahakan Fort community out of their homes in 2018, and turning the area into a park intended for tourists, the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) recently, for the first time, tacitly admitted to its mistake. The attempts to beautify the fort, re-painting it in Clorox-bleach white, and decorating it with neon colours, of course received fierce criticism. The miniature park idea is ironic and questionable. This public park is another example of the city's dysfunctional top-down administration style. If the BMA cannot embrace public participation in its Mahakan redevelopment plan, it should leave the area as it is.

Source: Bangkok Post October 30, 2020 23:37 UTC