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Feeling sold down the Chao Phraya River
News, Published on 29/07/2017
» Eighty-four-year-old Orasri Silpi has warm memories of life by the river. People lived like a community along the Chao Phraya, using the river as a road, a market and a place to watch life go by at a leisurely pace.
City project dreams turn to nightmares
News, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 21/07/2017
» I've always dreamed of a pedestrian- and cyclist-friendly Bangkok, but it seems when the City Hall initiates projects to promote such anecofriendly lifestyle, they tend to turn my dreams into nightmares.
New bridge rapped as 'a waste of money'
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 20/07/2017
» City Hall's controversial 1.7-billion-baht pedestrian bridge proposal linking Tha Phra Chan and Wang Lang was an old trick to waste taxpayers' money, a former senior City Hall official says.
BMA defends plan to build new bridge
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 19/07/2017
» City Hall on Tuesday defended its controversial 1.7-billion-baht pedestrian bridge proposal to link Tha Phra Chan and Wang Lang in Bangkok, saying it was part of its master plan to improve riverside areas along the Chao Phraya River.
Payments set for promenade ousters
News, Post Reporters, Published on 13/07/2017
» The first group of households affected by the controversial riverside promenade project will receive compensation later this month, says deputy Bangkok governor Chakkaphan Phewngam.
Riverside home demolition begins to make way for promenade
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 11/07/2017
» City Hall will complete its demolition work of the Chao Phraya riverside communities by the end of this month as scheduled, to pave way for the controversial riverside promenade.
Riverside to be cleared by month's end
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 11/07/2017
» City Hall will complete its demolition work of the Chao Phraya riverside communities by the end of this month as scheduled, to pave way for the controversial riverside promenade.
A city best viewed from street level
News, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 29/06/2017
» Is Bangkok going to be made a "City of Seven Wonders"? After making us wonder with its 8.6-billion-baht riverside promenade, dubbed the "New Landmark of Thailand", the government is initiating a second wonder project as a new landmark for the capital -- the 4.6-billion-baht Bangkok Observation Tower.
Enrolment drop stings universities
News, Dumrongkiat Mala, Published on 12/06/2017
» Thai universities need to move with the times to survive as they brace for declining enrolments, according to president of the Council of University Presidents of Thailand (CUPT).
City clean-up is becoming a waste of space
News, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 25/05/2017
» In just three years, a number of pavements and public areas in Bangkok have been reclaimed and tidied up, thanks to the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration's (BMA) "clean-up campaign", which was backed by the military regime. But whether these spots really serve the needs of Bangkok residents remains in doubt.