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Absurd disease controls show govt is clueless
Oped, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 03/04/2020
» As I checked in for my trip home at Brussels airport last Sunday, I wondered if it would be a once-in-a-lifetime flight. A THAI employee had told me I might end up being the only passenger on the Bangkok-bound plane that afternoon.
Tourist dollars shouldn't trump right to clean air
News, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 30/01/2020
» Bangkok has made the list of the world's 100 best cities -- again.
City street eats not made for ordinary folk
News, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 04/01/2018
» Jubilation for "street food" restaurant owner Jay Fai, who earned a prestigious Michelin Star last month, has ended in a twist.
Heritage property owners deserve support
News, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 05/01/2017
» Right before 2016 ended, the owners of So Heng Tai mansion in Talat Noi, a riverside Chinese community in Bangkok's Samphanthawong district, decided to put an end to public access to their majestic private property. The decision came after the Posayachinda family, which inherited the 170-year-old home, had been informed by district officials that their property would soon be charged property tax.
Cycling should not only be a fad for the rich
News, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 14/11/2014
» Walking into the "A Day Bike Fest 2014" at Makkasan Airport Rail Link station last week, I didn't really want to believe that Bangkok finally has its own bicycle festival, not to mention other bike expos, focusing on selling bicycles, spare parts, and accessories, almost every month in the capital and some other big cities.