THAILAND

Bangkok's character under threat

News, Rajesh Daniel, Published on 17/10/2016

» Is Bangkok a liveable city? In 2013, when MR Sukhumbhand Paribatra was running for city governor for a second time, his campaign promised to make Bangkok "a more liveable megacity". MR Sukhumbhand won the vote but didn't live up to his promise. Now suspended, he has left his mission largely unfinished.