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BIZARRE: Promenade needs rethink - What They Never Told You

File photo dated August 30, 2016 shows A view of Chao Phraya river in Bangkok. (Photo: Reuters).

Earlier this month, the Central Administrative Court gave a ruling that spells the end to the Chao Phraya River Promenade -- a lavishing 14-billion baht riverside landscape brainchild of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha.

The ruling again serves as a reminder that centralised and top-down decisions from the government that try to rush projects along may not survive public resistance.

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