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Elected civil panel idea hits hurdle
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 28/06/2018
» An ex-Democrat MP petitioned the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) Wednesday to drop its plan to dissolve the city's district councils and replace each one with a so-called civic committee, an elected body.
BMA targets Bang Kapi vendor curbs
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 23/06/2018
» The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) is moving to regulate street vending at a night market in Bang Kapi district following complaints about overcrowding and traffic.
Pier-ing into the future of the Chao Phraya River
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 23/06/2018
» Property development is transforming land near the Chao Phraya River but one thing remains unchanged: A series of decrepit piers that lie along it.
Parking up the right tree
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 16/06/2018
» After a 26-year battle between Mahakan Fort residents and City Hall, the place this storied community once called home is now occupied by a 4-rai public park called Mahakan Fort Park, which lies adjacent to one of the historic fort's walls. It is located near the foot of Phan Fa Lilat Bridge off Ratchadamnoen Avenue.
Seeing grey: Bracing for an elderly population explosion
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 09/06/2018
» If you were to ask the people of Bangkok what problems they most earnestly want the city to solve, most respondents would point to nagging issues like traffic congestion, flash floods and the need to preserve more green space.
City Hall, provinces roll out flood plans
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 06/06/2018
» City Hall has rolled out water management strategies to tackle flooding across Bangkok and five neighbouring provinces during this year's rainy season.
BMA tipped to appeal 'axe' case
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 31/05/2018
» The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) is considering appealing the Central Administrative Court's ruling that ordered it to pay compensation to three residents in Seri Villa Housing Estate whose house was surrounded by five markets.
Going green for royalty
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 26/05/2018
» When urban residents want to save trees in the city, it is BIGTrees, an urban conservation group, who many people turn to.
Minuscule font bus routes to go large
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 22/05/2018
» City Hall is going to spend up to one million baht on redesigning bus route boards after existing ones came under fire from commuters.
BMA targets 'getting tough' with markets
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 17/05/2018
» The Central Administrative Court's ruling Wednesday ordering the dismantling of all five markets in the Seri Villa Housing Estate and compensation payments to plaintiffs will lead to City Hall "getting tough" with more than a hundred markets, the Bangkok governor says.