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BMA plan branches out to tree line major streets
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 24/01/2018
» The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) plans to make the capital greener, street by street, over the next six months.
Chatuchak vendors petition over rents
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 24/01/2018
» A group of about 400 vendors at the Chatuchak market yesterday petitioned Bangkok governor Aswin Kwanmuang to regain management control of the market.
Aswin considers staying on as he lays out city plans
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 23/01/2018
» Bangkok governor Aswin Kwanmuang has not ruled out the possibility of contesting the next city election and admitted he has been contacted by several people urging him to stand in the poll.
Green peace
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 20/01/2018
» As Bangkok battles some of the worst traffic congestion and pollution levels in the world, the government is rushing to re-landscape parts of the city that have become derelict if not dangerous, turning wastelands riddled with drug users and thieves into safe havens and oases of green that families want to return to.
Council pushes wastewater fee
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 11/01/2018
» City councillors are pushing to pass a much-delayed regulation to collect wastewater treatment fees from Bangkok residents.
District condemns 40 low-income Bangkok houses
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 11/01/2018
» Forty "Ban Mankhong" housing units for low-income earners in Bangkok's Sai Mai district have been declared off-limits because of poor construction standards.
River skywalk plans grounded
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 09/01/2018
» City Hall's controversial plan to build a skywalk stretching across the Chao Phraya River between Siriraj Hospital and the Tha Phrachan pier has been scrapped, Bangkok governor Aswin Kwanmuang revealed yesterday.
Footbridge over Chao Phraya river cancelled
Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 08/01/2018
» The Bangkok governor has cancelled a planned footbridge across the Chao Phraya River, but will proceed with developing walkways along both banks.
Pawn shops offer more than money for old rope
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 08/01/2018
» City Hall last year saw profits from its pawn business jump by millions of baht although financial gain is not its primary goal.