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What’s In A Name? Renaming scheme proposal irks locals
hua hin, thailand A proposal by an unnamed local councillor to rename some of Hua Hin’s streets and other local landmarks has been met with a barrage of criticism from the local residents and other councillors. The idea behind the proposal is to make it easier for everyone, but particularly tourists, to know where they are and where they are going. Examples given so far have been to change Petchkasem Road into different names depending on the section of road, so the stretch from Cha Am to Hua Hin would be called the ‘Hicksville Hua Hin Road’, from the traffic lights near the King’s Palace to the centre of town it would be just the ‘Hua Hin Road’, and from there south to Khao Takiab it would be called the ‘Hua Hin Monkey Town Road’. Others are to name the canal road as ‘Canal Road’ and give each of the bridges a name; the proposer has suggested that the ten bridges be
Above: The view of Hua Hin from Hin Lek Fai (new proposed name Benitez Mountain) called (in order) Reina, Carragher, Agger, Johnson, Mascherano, Gerrard, Benayoun, Babel, Kuyt and Torres. Many local businesses are furious about the proposal, as it would cost them thousands of baht to change signs, business cards and office stationery, while residents have given mixed responses; AWOL spoke to expat retiree Kevin Keegan outside his house in Samorphong
called ‘Anfield’, and he thought the bridge naming was ‘perfect’ but his neighbour Peter Reid stood outside his house called ‘Goodison’ and said it was ‘shameful’. Do you have any thoughts on this story? What names would you suggest for streets such as Soi Bintabaht? Tell AWOL by sending an email to awol@huahinmedia.com and we will print the polite ones at a later date!
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