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Mayor wants influx of global cash
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 04/09/2023
» The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) will seek the government's support to promote the capital as a hub for multinational companies to boost economic growth, said Bangkok Governor Chadchart Sittipunt yesterday.
Power safety eyed after fire
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 28/06/2022
» Bangkok governor Chadchart Sittipunt will ask the Metropolitan Electricity Authority (MEA) to inspect the safety of some 400 power transformers and power lines across Bangkok after a fire in the busy Sampeng market killed two people on Sunday.
City overpass 'will be finished this year'
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 22/04/2022
» The Covid-19 pandemic has delayed work on a new overpass from Rama III Road to Na Ranong junction, a Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) source said, adding it is expected to be completed by the end of the year.
Six new Covid cases in Bangkok
Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 25/12/2020
» Six new cases of novel coronavirus infection have been detected in Bangkok, most linked to the outbreak in Samut Sakhon province.
Linking waterways with rail systems could ease traffic woes
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 08/10/2016
» About seven years ago, Yanyong Boon-Long tried to travel across Bangkok, from east to west, to meet his friends: he ended up stuck in traffic and was two hours late for dinner.
'Bean' there, done that; now for the long, tense wait
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 23/01/2016
» Despite the ongoing severe nationwide drought, rice farmer Mala Yoosuan is still hopeful for a good season. Her new crop — mung beans which are suitable to be grown in the dry season — is thriving at her farm.
Vendors head to court to stop evictions
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 22/10/2015
» City Hall's effort to dismantle Saphan Lek market and prepare Khlong Ong Ang for landscaping threatens to mark the end of the marketplace, though the vendors aren't going without a fight.
New challenges awaiting capital
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 15/12/2012
» Bangkok has served as Thailand's capital for 230 years and although it has developed in many good ways, the city is confronting several problems, ranging from crime and pollution to poor town planning and slums.
Informal workers demand rights
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 15/09/2012
» Having chosen to work outside the employment system, 1.2 million people in Bangkok who make up the informal work sector have no access to social benefits and opportunities, even though they make a sizeable contribution to the economy and lifestyle of the capital.