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A 10-member panel will be formed to look into the historical value of the remaining houses in the Mahakan Fort Community to determine whether they should be preserved, says a source close to City Hall.

The shopping centre trio — Siam Paragon, Siam Center and Siam Discovery — will be transformed into a runway for the “Bangkok International Fashion Week 2017”, which kicks off today and runs until Sunday.

It is hard not to get noticed in a sea of Thai faces when you are Middle Eastern. Being a refugee in Thailand, which is very “grey” on such status, will only add to the predicament.

This isn’t a trip dripping with nostalgia. This is an arcade of fire, of mainstream grunge, power chords and roaring vocals, of soul-refeshing ballads and eye-opening musicianship, and it all sounds as relevant, as transformative, as ever.