Fury as historical building torn down
published : 17 Jun 2020 at 07:08
writer: Gary Boyle
ORIGINAL SOURCE/WRITER: Post Reporters
The Phrae provincial governor has ordered a probe into the demolition of a 127-year-old building that was once used by the British.
The demolition of the house provoked an uproar among local residents.
The building was an office that belonged to the Bombay Burmah Trading Company, which was granted a logging concession in the western Yom River in 1889. It is located in Ban Chetawan of Muang district.
The first storey was constructed out of cement and teak wood was used in the building of the upper floor, which was recently torn down as part of a restoration project for a forestry learning centre.
Residents and conservation groups were outraged by the demolition and demanded the parties responsible be brought to justice.
They said the building is part of the province's historical legacy. They said that the authorities in charge of taking care of the building should have repaired it instead of bringing down the entire structure.
Provincial governor Kanprempree Chitanont said he led an inspection into the demolition and ordered a fact-finding panel to be formed to look into the issue.
He said the office director issued an order to dismantle the building as part of the learning centre renovation project.
He had no idea how the project ended up with the building being brought to the ground.
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Vocabulary
- concession: a right that is given to a person or group to do a particular activity - สัมปทาน
- conservation (noun): the protection of plants and animals, natural areas, and interesting and important structures and buildings, especially from the damaging effects of human activity - การอนุรักษ์ธรรมชาติ, การป้องกันความสูญเสีย, การสงวนไว้
- demolition: complete destruction - การรื้อถอน, การทำลาย
- dismantle: to take something apart - รื้อ
- fury: extreme anger - ความโกรธจัด
- justice: a fair result or punishment from a court of law - ความยุติธรรม
- legacy: something that someone has achieved that continues to exists after they stop working or die - สิ่งที่สืบทอด
- logging: the work of cutting down trees for wood - อาชีพการตัดไม้
- outrage: extreme anger - ความโกรธอย่างรุนแรง
- restoration: the work of repairing and cleaning something, etc. so that its condition is as good as it originally was - การซ่อมแซม,การการบูรณะ, การกลับสู่สภาพปกติ
- storey (noun): a level in a structure; a level in a building - ชั้น, ชั้นของตึกหรืออาคาร
- structure: something large such as a building or a bridge that is built from different parts - โครงสร้าง
- uproar: angry public criticism of something - ความเอะอะ, ความวุ่นวาย
