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Folk history, culture at risk unless officials learn from Mahakan Fort fiasco: academics

April 27, 2018

FOLK HISTORY and culture will never be safe in this land, unless authorities realise the value of unofficial heritage and “intangible” cultural traditions, according to an academic speaking after the last of the houses in Bangkok’s historic Mahakan Fort Community was torn down.

Community learning centre is not a priority in plans for Mahakan Fort park

April 25, 2018

THERE IS NO place for the promised history learning centre of the Mahakan Fort Community, according to Bangkok Metropolitan Administration’s (BMA) latest plan for the area. Instead, the budget of at least Bt90 million is likely to be spent on constructing a public park.

Mahakan Fort Community to live on in the virtual world

MONDAY, APRIL 23, 2018

THE HERITAGE of the Mahakan Fort Community will live on in digital form, as an archive of this old Bangkok quarter will be created and maintained online via crowdsourcing.

Teary farewell as residents evacuate Mahakan Fort

SUNDAY, APRIL 22, 2018

MANY RESIDENTS of centuries-old Mahakan Fort Community shed tears yesterday as they were forced to bid their last farewell to the place they and their ancestors had long called “home”.

BMA denies promise to save Mahakan houses

MONDAY, JANUARY 29, 2018

TWO MORE wooden houses in Bangkok’s historic quarter of Mahakan Fort Community were dismantled yesterday, sparking strong protests that this violated an agreement between the authorities and the community.

More Mahakan Fort relocations ordered

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 23, 2017

MORE RESIDENTS of the Mahakan Fort community will have to leave in September as part of a Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) beautification plan.

Despite dispute, 10 Mahakan houses face demolition

SUNDAY, MARCH 05, 2017

TEN MORE HOUSES in Mahakan Fort Community will be demolished today by Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA), despite six of the homes still being under dispute.

More Mahakan Fort Community homes to be demolished

THURSDAY, MARCH 02, 2017

The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has displayed a notification at Bangkok’s Mahakan Fort Community informing its residents that 10 more houses there will be demolished on Monday.

Mahakan Fort residents keep 24-hour guard on homes amid eviction fears

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 01, 2016

RESIDENTS of the Mahakan Fort community face major struggles, as uncertainty, strain and fear of eviction by the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) makes their daily lives more difficult.

Mahakan Fort Community seeks multilateral panel to solve BMA conflict over evictions

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 08, 2016

THE MAHAKAN Fort Community yesterday called on the prime minister to set up a multilateral committee to help solve the ongoing conflict with the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA).

Twelve homes torn down but Fort residents ‘can stay for now’

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 03, 2016

AN AGREEMENT has been reached between Mahakan Fort community and the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA), which has been seeking to evict the residents, after an intense confrontation at the site yesterday.

Rich in history and poor at honouring it

TUESDAY, APRIL 05, 2016

Much more than a few homes will be lost with the imminent demise of Bangkok’s Mahakan Fort community

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