Monday, May 25, 2009

[Thai] Locals Oppose Construction of Preah Vihear Temple Replica

25 May 2009
Thai Asean News Network

A private sector business has expressed interest in investing in the construction of a Preah Vihear temple replica to attract tourists. However, locals have expressed opposition to the plan.

Si Sa Ket Administrative Head Wichit Traisaranakul commented on the Preah Vihear temple replica that will be built in Thailand, saying that it will be less popular than the real one. The attraction of real Preah Vihear temple is its age --being that it is more than a thousand years old.

Wichit said that the construction may cause a conflict between Thailand and Cambodia. The location of the proposed construction of the Preah Vihear temple replica is sensitive and has the potential to create a conflict with Cambodia. He suggsted that authorities conduct a feasibility study before starting the project.

He said he thinks that the authorities should invest in the development of tourist attraction and local surroundings in Pha Mor E-Dang , rather than building the temple replica.

Si Sa Ket Provincial Governor Rapee Pongbuppakij echoed the same sentiments, saying that there should be a comprehensive study prior to the construction of a replica.

17 comments:

Anonymous said...

what the hecks wrong with these thai people? leave PV alone.

Anonymous said...

Let them build the replica. Let them show the world how ridiculous and stupid Thais can be...

Anonymous said...

hmmmmm... very true. let it be..have fun!

Anonymous said...

You people don't have to build a replica of Preah vihear temple, as long as you respect the temple and right of khmer culture; this Preah Vihear temple is for all of us to see. You could build preah vihear, pyramid, effiel tour, taj mahal in thailand, but those are not real icons. hahahaha. have fun siamese!!!!

Anonymous said...

I don't know what kind of being this ABSURD Thai could be!

They just came up with such an eccentric stuff! Absurd and nonesense!

Anonymous said...

Please leave "Prasat Prea Vihear" in Peace. Prasat Preah Vihear is a symbol for all Khmer descents.
For tourist attractions, you Thai, are free to made a copy or build the new one, but in Las Vagas-Nevada.

Anonymous said...

all i can do is laugh at the poor and pathetic thais....hhehhehhhehhh....hahahhaaa...oh man you people are really try hard.......go ahead build some where close to BKK so tourists don't have to travel too far to see it, too close to the real one it makes people think you are stupid.....heeheehh.

Anonymous said...

I might be wrong to say let the Thai build a copy of Khmer Preah Vichear or build something else completely new idea. Because already thousand of years since Thai migrated to Khmer land, they yet have anything of their own. Everything they have now in Thailand, are stole from Khmer.

I voted YES to build Khmer Preah Vichear replica.

Anonymous said...

Hehehhe, I could not say anything about this idea but to LAUGH, LAUGH,

Great Go head Siemese

Anonymous said...

To all Thais

Congratulations for those Thais having excellent ideas to build a duplicata of Phreah Vihear! At least for the first time in your lifetime you plan to build something with your own hands instead of always usurping our Temples, our culture and land.

Anonymous said...

Ah Chor Siamese should be ashamed!! copying from khmer and stold from khmer?

Anonymous said...

Good news for A Chaor Siemese! Build it tomorrow and stop invading Cambodia. How stupid your bastard Siemese! Your king RAMA iV did a small Angkor V\Wat in Bangkok and try to convince torists not coming to Cambodia. Follow your ghost king Ah Siemese.

Anonymous said...

I have to admit. I learned a lot from these so called “Thai leaders”. The more they borg, the more I dig for the true. I married to esan woman, and she told me a lot about Thai from Bangkok. Recently, I learned that “Thai” mean “Free” and “Muay” mean “Boxing” so translate to Khmer is “brodel se-rey” or “free style boxing” in English. I guess, Muay Thai is not Muay created by Thai people after all.

Create your own, and stop stealing or claim it was your.

Anonymous said...

yes, the real attraction to any ancient ruins or ancient sites, artefacts, etc are its genuiance antiquity, its age as that what makes them so fascinating, magnificent, amazing, exhilerating, thrilling, etc... plus, if it not original, then there is nothing to be thrilled and amazed about, really. good point there! plus, stop copying cambodia's ancient artefacts already, it's not your thailand. everything you have in your country was either stolen or borrowed from our great khmer civilization of angkor, etc... i think cambodia ought to have a copy right law to prevent thailand from copying our art works, etc...! if they don't know already, it's called stealing other people's identity, in this case stealing khmer identity in plain daylight and try to make it seems like it's theirs. khmer people and and entire world already know your dirty trick, thailand, so stop dreaming already! leave cambodia and khmer people and khmer stuff be! god bless cambodia.

Anonymous said...

yes, khmer people and the entire world like originality, not replica of someone else's national symbol. get lost thailand! god bless cambodia.

Anonymous said...

Stupid dumbass Thai Gov't and dumbfuck head Thai King are greedy bastard...

Anonymous said...

to folk,
do not let them build it, because they going to lie to the world pl will be them, and they say we will steal them, becaue they been lie a lot of stuff from us, event thought our his story they took it without shame. so do not let them do its.