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City police on terror alert
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 23/01/2012
» They look like they are part of the Chinese New Year celebrations but the women in traditional Chinese attire checking visitors bags in the Yaowarat area are part of a serious police operation.
Hollywood-style chase in Chinatown
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 07/12/2012
» It looked like a Hollywood movie chase, but bystanders in the famous Yaowarat Chinatown section of Bangkok quickly learned it was the real thing.
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.
Gold stores on guard amid robbery spree
News, Published on 25/08/2014
» Now that gold shops have emerged as high-profile targets for robbers, security measures at the shops must be flawless at all times, say gold shop owners and managers in Bangkok.
Too good to be true?
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 11/10/2010
» Some vegetarian "meat" dishes taste so good you would think they actually contain meat. Well, maybe they do.
City wants old buildings to install sprinklers
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 06/03/2012
» Saturday's Fico Place fire may soon cause the BMA to require sprinklers be installed in old high-rise buildings, but one expert cautions that won't be easy.