The Pracharat-Bang Sue Pond Development project is dedicated to “restoring community and building a sustainable society”
by transforming the deteriorating informal settlements with no legal link to basic infrastructure into a model city community. With the synergistic cooperation of the community, SCG, and the government sector, some 200 households in the Bang Sue pond areas are now enjoying “a new house and a new life” with a better quality of life that they were fully engaged in the design process. They pledge to keep the community in good condition, enabling it to grow stronger in a sustainable way.
History of “Bueng Bang Sue” (or Westerners’ Pond):
History of Cement Production in Thailand
Foreseeing the importance of national development by depending on one’s own resources to ensure sustainability, His Majesty King Vajiravudh decreed the establishment of the first cement company in Thailand under the name Siam Cement Co.,Ltd. The company’s first Bang Sue Plant began operations in 1915.