Slums residents want to stay at Ban Mankong sites: network

TUESDAY, MARCH 24, 2015
Slums residents want to stay at Ban Mankong sites: network

The Four Regions Slums Network (FRSN) voiced objection yesterday to Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha's idea to build flats to solve the "slum problem".

At the Government House public service centre, FRSN leader Jamnong Nupan led some 30 members to submit a petition to Prayut via PM’s Office executive Supranee Chantharatt-anawong. The group insisted it preferred to remain at “Ban Mankong” project areas, which had improved conditions of existing communities and allowed them to stay on state-owned land on a long-term lease. The Community Organisations Development Institute’s Ban Mankong project was implemented at over 1,000 communities in 75 provinces.