Failed Promises – Frustration and Lashing Out

We have to pity and sympathise with the residents living around Survanabhumi Airport. They have put up with the non stop noises from the aircraft everyday, every hour, every minute, every second. They also dream of worst times when the new runways open. And before it opens, it is going to be more. More of everything. More aircraft landings and takeoffs as the airport accommodates more passenger traffic ; at the same time building even more facilities for more expansion.

The cabinet resolution last year to purchase and repair damaged houses were just lip service. They made their promises. We have to force them to keep their promises. They were keep on changing their standards. They will again and again form new committees, new panels to look into problems.

At Thanacity, we have lived with failed promises. The management too have promised Blue skies. Good maintenance. Gardens and landscape. We were led wide eyed . We are now living in a failed estate. They have spend a sum of money plant trees along the fringe of the main road to block out the unsightly vacant pieces of land . We question why they are doing this? Is this for their own interest? Have Tanayong started to contact AOT to negotiate to sell off their lands and houses to AOT ? They owned the golf club and the surrounding land and probably they are among one of the biggest single landowner around the airport that AOT must negotiate with. Are the rest of the house owners at Thanacity aware of this? Tanayong is a big company and probably they can reach the very top management of AOT and get the latest information ? Have Tanayong as the real estate developer who sold us the condos/houses/land printed a newsletter informing us of the latest happening in the estate ? The accounts for the maintenance of the estate after collecting their maintenance fees from us ? Did they ever ask the residents to get together to form a committee to look into the maintenance of the estate ? Did they ask the residents to get together and advise them to work as a group to get compensation from AOT?

Do not be Deceived. The vacant land behind these rows of trees are unkept. Unsightly. Breeding grounds for Mosquitoes and other insects. Do not forget that the Thailand Health Authorities had put up Big Signboards around the estate to warn the residents to be careful of Malaria and Dengue Fever. What happened to these signboards? Does anybody know the numbers of residents who have caught malaria or dengue fever while living in this estate. I know of 2 persons who had dengue figure from mosquito bites. Figure this out for yourself.

We seem to be getting failed promises from the management of Tanayong and now to AOT. What happens when the residents around the airport starts to release balloons into the air. Daytime or at Nighttime. We will then have a lot of policemen being deployed around Survanabhumi Airport vicinity observing and ready to catch any of these residents with balloons in the hand. It is a big waste of manpower. Operating at day and night shift, I reckon in order to stop the release of these balloons, we need to have a deployment of at least 1000 policemen.They need to wear Night Vision Googles. Wait till they sell black colored balloons. ………… When these policemen should be out enforcing law and order, catching corrupt government officials and politicians, they are now catching young kids and mums and pops holding balloons.

Then what happens if they catch young children as young as 1 – 2years old releasing balloons into the air. Are the police going to put these children in jail ?

We may need a new law to be immediately passed in Parliament. Balloons to be taken as a dangerous weapon. Anyone caught carrying a balloon in his or her possession will be fined and jailed. Babies and toddlers ,no exception. Notice how the AOT personnel have gone suddenly from one department store to the next to buy up all the balloons. Its too early for Christmas and New Year. Those chaps importing balloons are sure to make huge profits. Whatever imported will be bought up. And they may be giving it free to departing tourists from the Survanubhumi Airport. With compliments from AOT.

What will be next? Kites? “ No kite flying. Anyone flying Kites will be fined and Jailed “. Birds ? What happens if all the residents suddenly decides to feed the wild birds and also to rear one or two pigeons each at their estates?

What we should do is to get the AOT members and the various committees on the various panels looking into the noise problems to move themselves and their families and stay next to the airport for 3 months and then they will fully appreciate the problems that we have to deal with.

Failed promises may lead to drastic measures by the residents. It is not only a danger to the planes but also a danger to the various residents staying around the airport. We do not want that to happen. The better way out is to negotiate with the residents staying around the airport. And Please, Keep Your Promises. Please post your comments to the writer.