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Inconvenient truth of 'getting off' in Thailand
News, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 30/03/2019
» This week, Thailand's tourism industry received a special promotion from one of the world's largest low-budget airlines, in a way that never would have been expected.
Capital stuck in Stone Age with fighting bike taxi riders
News, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 23/03/2019
» Sometimes it feels as if we are still in the Stone Age. A recent attack on a motorcycle taxi rider who works for a popular app by a regular bike taxi give us this impression.
Street vendors' fate a hot issue as poll looms
News, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 15/03/2019
» During general election season, anything is possible. All of a sudden, the city's street food vendors, who were considered as "nobodies" -- if not, a nuisance -- in the eyes of state authorities, have now become the darlings of politicians vying for state office, with each promising to allow them to return to where they once hawked their products.
BMA's disabled snub smears the city's reputation
News, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 08/03/2019
» I have to say I was speechless when I heard the news that people with disabilities (PWD) lost a court battle against the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) over 1.4 billion baht in compensation for it failing to install enough lifts at skytrain stations.
'Pancake boy' Kit flips some welfare tips
News, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 01/03/2019
» Few netizens or avid news followers could currently say they do not know of Kit Tokyo, a young Thai-style pancake vendor who became an overnight media sensation.
Poster chaos a sign the times aren't changing
News, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 22/02/2019
» As the elections near, city residents have to put up with some inconveniences. I am talking about the countless campaign posters -- featuring faces of people who are offering to change the country -- which are just about everywhere.
Aswin's conspicuous by his absence
News, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 29/01/2019
» Dear Governor Aswin,
Bus map takes the right route to serve city folk
News, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 25/01/2019
» A bus route map fixed at an old bus stop caught my eye when I was walking past Supachalasai Stadium in Pathumwan.
If there was ever a need for S44, haze crisis is it
News, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 19/01/2019
» A month after being exposed to the haze crisis, we still haven't seen any breakthroughs except for a few piecemeal measures in the capital that have failed to tackle the problem properly. This is because the powers that be underestimated the crisis.
With city's public spaces, don't ignore the public
News, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 12/01/2019
» Taking a stroll around a few neighbourhoods during the holidays, I couldn't help but wonder why Bangkok, a bustling metropolis, has so little public space for people to use.