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Project Singapore gathers pace
News, Alan Dawson, Published on 23/04/2017
» Bangkok is a semi-province under the central regime, "governed" (literally) by a police general, Aswin Kwanmuang. He was working at City Hall when the general prime minister tapped him on the shoulder last October and dubbed him Baron of Bangkok, lord of all that the military regime doesn't want to bother with.
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City Hall on back foot in clean-up drive
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 24/04/2017
» A heavy backlash from the public and food vendors has forced City Hall to come out and explain its planned "regulation" of street food in the capital.
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BMA gives reprieve to 2 street food roads
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 21/04/2017
» Street food will be improved in regard to hygiene and safety for tourists and locals, according to City Hall, which continues its programme to close down all street food sales despite public outcry.
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Vendor ban sees city lose flavour
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 07/05/2018
» Thailand has been recognised as a global capital for street food over the past few years, with the food stalls scattered here, there and everywhere, on the pavements and by the roadside, considered part of the city's charm.
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Khao San, Yaowarat skirt BMA's ban on street food
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 20/04/2017
» Street food will still be allowed on certain parts of Khao San Road and Yaowarat Road, two tourist magnets, despite a newly revealed plan to ban street vendors from the capital this year, City Hall said yesterday.
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Street-food plan starves poor of choice
News, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 20/04/2017
» Soon after being hailed as the city with the world's best street food by CNN, and with the Michelin Guide announcing it will visit Thailand this year, City Hall which is known to have a love-hate relationship with street vendors, yesterday decided to keep street food in certain spots in the capital -- to serve tourists, not residents.
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Street food update: Partial reprieve, stricter rules
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 21/04/2017
» Vallop Suwandee, chairman of the advisers to the Bangkok governor, said the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has come up with stricter rules to manage street food on Khao San and Yaowarat roads.
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Vendors to chew on safety test
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 23/05/2017
» Street food vendors who wish to ply their trade on Khao San and Yaowarat roads will be required to earn a certificate by attending a course on food hygiene and proper sanitation practices, Vallop Suwandee, chairman of the advisers to the Bangkok governor says.
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150 condos in city rooftop dust-bust drive
News, Post Reporters, Published on 15/02/2019
» Water is being sprayed from the rooftops of 150 condominium buildings across Bangkok to help mitigate fine dust particles choking the capital, the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) says.
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BMA, vendors look for street trade truce
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 18/07/2017
» The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has ordered district offices to set up a panel to work out a way for vendors and pedestrians to "coexist", a move seen as a compromise in the ongoing dispute over pavement encroachment.
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