When I saw this new I this news I thought it was an April joke or something. Thailand has won some “Clean and Green Land awardâ€. All green land I can see is Lumpini Park and some half attempt to put green under the high ways.
They also got it for trying to bring down the haze; yes I can confirm that the police stopped polluting cars for about a week.
I do not know really what to say but have they seen the garbage on the streets and the smog over the city? I been to Singapore and must say that Singapore is much better with green areas.
The story in full from BangkokPost.
Bangkok was awarded Clean and Green Land at the ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on the Environment in Hanoi, Vietnam from October 6 to 10, according to Thailand’s Permanent Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment Saksit Tridech.
He said Bangkok was presented with this award because the city has sufficient resources to manage its environment, especially the green areas. He said the Thai capital has continually carried out environmental projects with clear results.
Mr Saksit said one of the main topics discussed at the meeting included the promotion of cooperation between ASEAN members to address environmental issues.
According to the permanent secretary, delegates praised different countries for their efforts to deal with transboundary haze pollution, and a fund for lowering haze pollution was also proposed at the meeting.
Vietnam’s Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment hosted the first East Asia Summit (EAS) Environment Ministers Meeting, the 11th Informal ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on the Environment, the 7th ASEAN+3 Environment Ministerial Meeting, and the ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Transboundary Haze Pollution between October 6 and 10.
