Comments on: TCEB dreams of a World Expo http://www.ttrweekly.com/site/2009/11/tceb-dreams-of-a-world-expo/ FIRST with the FACTS on Thailand and Mekong Region TRAVEL Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:42:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jay http://www.ttrweekly.com/site/2009/11/tceb-dreams-of-a-world-expo/comment-page-1/#comment-1292 Jay Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:40:31 +0000 http://www.ttrweekly.com/site/?p=9259#comment-1292 1. the site ("is his home town looking for a fillip"): I reckon Don Ross is out scouting for a possible venue right now on the banks of the mighty Mekong. Perhaps he's not barmy after all....... 2. more seriously, one of the reasons the China authorities bothered with Expo is that Beijing had won the Games, so Shanghai had to have a 'consolation prize'. Otherwise they would not have bothered and this daft waste of resources would have died without mourners. Has anyone you know ever voluntarily been near an Expo anywhere in the world? 3. infrastructure: at least the Airport Express might be open by 2020. No? Oh well, just a pipedream. 1. the site (“is his home town looking for a fillip”): I reckon Don Ross is out scouting for a possible venue right now on the banks of the mighty Mekong. Perhaps he’s not barmy after all…….

2. more seriously, one of the reasons the China authorities bothered with Expo is that Beijing had won the Games, so Shanghai had to have a ‘consolation prize’. Otherwise they would not have bothered and this daft waste of resources would have died without mourners. Has anyone you know ever voluntarily been near an Expo anywhere in the world?

3. infrastructure: at least the Airport Express might be open by 2020. No? Oh well, just a pipedream.

]]> By: Jay http://www.ttrweekly.com/site/2009/11/tceb-dreams-of-a-world-expo/comment-page-1/#comment-1291 Jay Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:29:01 +0000 http://www.ttrweekly.com/site/?p=9259#comment-1291 Please tell me this is a wind-up, an early April-Fool story. This bozo cannot be for real, surely?????? Please tell me this is a wind-up, an early April-Fool story. This bozo cannot be for real, surely??????

]]> By: Atticus http://www.ttrweekly.com/site/2009/11/tceb-dreams-of-a-world-expo/comment-page-1/#comment-1282 Atticus Tue, 10 Nov 2009 07:31:54 +0000 http://www.ttrweekly.com/site/?p=9259#comment-1282 Already this politician is looking for a grandstand, not realising that Thailand is light years behind, say, China in a capability to host such a massive and costly event. China isn't doing this to impress the world, but to quell the ever increasing domestic issues of unemployment and inequality. They did the same and failed with the Beijing Olympics. The new head of the TCEB should maybe concentrate on clearing up the mess he inherited and putting one baby step forward at a time, not wasting limited resources on a totally silly idea like a world expo. The Chinese aren't even worried about overseas visitors to their 2010 world expo, as more than 95 per cent of visits are going to be from locals and all the infrastructure investment will be assumed into greater Shanghai when the fair is over. Does this pol see a site at Muang Thong Thani? Or is his home town looking for a fillip? Already this politician is looking for a grandstand, not realising that Thailand is light years behind, say, China in a capability to host such a massive and costly event. China isn’t doing this to impress the world, but to quell the ever increasing domestic issues of unemployment and inequality. They did the same and failed with the Beijing Olympics.
The new head of the TCEB should maybe concentrate on clearing up the mess he inherited and putting one baby step forward at a time, not wasting limited resources on a totally silly idea like a world expo.
The Chinese aren’t even worried about overseas visitors to their 2010 world expo, as more than 95 per cent of visits are going to be from locals and all the infrastructure investment will be assumed into greater Shanghai when the fair is over. Does this pol see a site at Muang Thong Thani? Or is his home town looking for a fillip?

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