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Three ministries close ranks against staff drug abuse
Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 31/07/2024
» Three key ministries have agreed to step up drug testing of staff involved in drug suppression, with rehabilitation and medical treatment for any who test positive.
Govt rejigs plans for Songkran
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 04/12/2023
» The National Soft Power Development Committee has clarified its idea of staging the Songkran festival for the whole month of April, saying the water-splashing festivities will still be held on April 13-15 as per tradition, while other cultural events will be organised nationwide during the entire month.
Chadchart vows no epic flood this year
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 30/08/2022
» Bangkok governor Chadchart Sittipunt guaranteed that Bangkok will not experience a repeat of the epic flood in 2011 following his inspection of flood-mitigation work in the capital.
City Hall takes on oversight of Victory Monument
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 12/09/2018
» Having found nobody to claim ownership of Victory Monument, City Hall has finally announced it is directly responsible for overseeing this 76-year-old landmark in Bangkok.
BMA: Owners of Victory Monument, please come out
Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 02/07/2018
» Who's officially responsible for Victory Monument? Please stand up and report to City Hall.
The project that won't let communities go to waste
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 02/12/2017
» Sala Thammasop, a small community near a railway in Thawi Watthana district in the Thon Buri area, had become notorious for its squalid environment. Rubbish was almost everywhere -- along the railway, around the houses -- and even the nearby canal was inundated with all kinds of floating detritus, as well as leeches.
Floating a new market plan
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 07/02/2015
» For decades water transport and the riverside way of life have been vanishing from the city's canals. But today, everything is being done to restore the "Venice of the East" image, with City Hall's latest offering being to bring the much appreciated floating market to the heart of Bangkok, close to Government House.
‘Happiness’ returns to Victory Monument
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 05/06/2014
» It was hot, but the crowd at Victory Monument didn’t seem to mind as Sgt Chamnan Rungruang told jokes while unofficially kicking off the “Return Happiness to the Public” event thought up by the coup-makers yesterday afternoon.