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Brave fight to save local landmark

An 83-year-old paper mill in the centre of Kanchanaburi’s municipality is soon to become a local museum and civic space after the Treasury Department aborted its original plan to lease the plot to a property developer. (Bangkok Post).

Visitors to Kanchanaburi City rarely fail to notice a sprawling complex of gigantic old buildings that have served as the municipality’s landmark for almost a century. This awe-inspiring site is Thailand’s first paper mill, and the Kanchanaburi people have been rallying around it to preserve their local history and heritage.

At one end of the Thai Kanchanaburi Paper Mill complex stand the remains of a two-century-old city wall along the River Kwai. For the locals, this historical site represents…

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