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Local body polls likely in May-July
News, Post Reporters, Published on 03/01/2018
» Elections for local administrative organisations (LAOs) are likely to be organised from May to July, according to the Department of Local Administration (DLA).
Building a more livable Bangkok
Spectrum, Published on 07/01/2018
» Global urban population growth is expected to skyrocket by 2050 with an anticipated 70% of the world's population living in cities, according to a recent article in Blueprint, a global magazine presented by CBRE.
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.
More green space, please
Asia focus, Erich Parpart, Published on 08/01/2018
» Hong Kong covers an area of 2,800 square kilometres with a population of 7.3 million. It has one of the highest population densities in the world at about 6,400 people per square kilometre and rents are the highest in Asia. However, it has still managed to build more than 70 parks for its citizens to find refuge from urban stress.
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.
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.
Halt shameful demolition
News, Editorial, Published on 17/01/2018
» It's time the government, in particular Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam, steps into the Mahakan conflict or Bangkok will lose one of its last heritage sites which includes a precious community known for its conservation efforts.
Troops at Mahakan rattle locals
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 19/01/2018
» A leading academic and social activists have expressed concern about the deployment of soldiers at the embattled Mahakan community by the Internal Security Operations Command (Isoc), saying the military presence has created a climate of fear.
Bangkok beauty: BMA fails city by erasing Mahakan
News, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 19/01/2018
» A day before Italian photographer Jan Daga opened his exhibition on the doomed Mahakan community at a Bangkok venue, I asked him when he planned to visit the struggling neighbourhood so I could also attend, but he appeared reluctant to venture back there.
Homes for the elderly 'in dire state'
News, Post Reporters, Published on 19/01/2018
» Bangkok's two main state-run facilities for the elderly are in dire need of funding and staff and must be upgraded, the Bangkok city council was told yesterday.