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Pita holds small lead over 'Ung Ing' in Bangkok
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 27/03/2023
» Pita Limjaroenrat, leader of the Move Forward Party (MFP), emerged as Bangkok voters' top choice for prime minister in the latest poll by the National Institute of Development Administration (Nida).
Man with a vision barely dimmed
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 14/03/2022
» Sakoltee Phattiyakul has thrown his hat in the ring for the Bangkok governor election race, with a pledge to build a better capital for residents.
Bangkok governor gets back to work
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 06/09/2014
» Bangkok governor Sukhumbhand Paribatra will return to work today after the Appeal Court yesterday dismissed a case seeking to nullify the 2013 election that put him in his post.
Sun ushers in new canal era
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 16/08/2014
» At first glance, the green compact boat seems like any other passenger vessel plying the Chao Phraya River. But when passengers get up close, the differences that mark it as a special commuter vehicle become quickly obvious — no pollution is generated by its engine.
Bangkok toppled from best tourist city spot
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 06/07/2014
» After four years as the world's top tourist destination, Bangkok has plummeted out of the top 10, in a vote by Travel + Leisure magazine readers.
Lumpini re-emerges from the protests
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 07/06/2014
» Joggers are taking the pathways and roads. The grandpa and grandma groups are taking back their corner on the lawn for their tai-chi and karaoke practice while enjoying morning tea. Kids are trying to balance themselves on roller-blades.
Saving the Bang Khunthian coast will cost B1.5bn
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 05/04/2014
» The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) is conducting an environmental impact assessment before investing 1.5 billion baht in its long-delayed breakwater project to stop the receding coastline in Bang Khunthian district.
Sukhumbhand ceases duties
Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 31/03/2014
» MR Sukhumbhand Paribatra has ceased performing his duties as Bangkok governor after the Appeals Court agreed to accept for consideration the Election Commission's request that it disqualify his election for allegedly breaching the Local Election Act in campaigning for the March 3, 2013 gubernatorial election, and call a new election.
Home security gets a pair of magic eyes
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 09/11/2013
» In a spread-out city like Bangkok, anything that can help to fight crime is welcomed by police, and they have high hopes for their latest project - a new surveillance and crime suppression service.
Major facelift lies ahead for Thon Buri landmark
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 08/06/2013
» Wong Wian Yai has been an iconic landmark in Thon Buri for many decades, but now it's come under the microscope of City Hall which is keen to give it a facelift and to prepare it for pedestrian underpasses.