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City blueprint tests governor's green credentials
Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 12/02/2024
» The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has revised its city plan, drawing the ire of people who fear the imposition of the new zoning rules will have a negative impact on their properties.
The centre will not hold
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 25/09/2022
» City Hall under the stewardship of governor Chadchart Sittipunt is looking to build a satellite town to "de-urbanise" Bangkok.
Min Buri to get shot in the arm
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 08/11/2020
» Min Buri, a district on the edge of Bangkok, is known as a green area -- a former paddy zone in a low-laying plain with plenty of canals and nature.
Mask shortage 'baffling'
News, Published on 15/03/2020
» The prospect of the Covid-19 outbreak turning into a "Stage 3" full-blown epidemic in Thailand is deepening worries over the dire shortage of face masks.
No justice for miracle man
News, Om Jotikasthira, Published on 22/07/2018
» In late May, local news was flooded with stories about a man who miraculously survived after a 46-tonne cargo container toppled off an 18-wheeler truck and crushed his Toyota Fortuner, flattening the vehicle while he was still inside.
World Cup kicks off retail frenzy
Business, Published on 16/05/2018
» The upcoming World Cup 2018 is kicking up feverish sentiment in Thailand's retail and commercial sectors.
Fine hike call for ambulance blockers
News, Dumrongkiat Mala, Published on 29/04/2018
» Motorists and rescuers have backed calls to hike penalties for drivers who fail to give way to ambulances with critically injured patients on board, saying the current punishment is too soft.
A born again Bangkok with traffic eased
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 07/10/2017
» A new city plan set for 2019 will see Bangkok integrate more closely with surrounding areas and adopt measures to ease traffic congestion and tackle the capital's ageing population.
'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.
Fire that sparked a revolution
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 28/11/2015
» For years, Pichayaporn Aphichocknithichat has found it hard to sleep. Night after night she is haunted by memories of the blaze that swept through her community, sending residents fleeing for their lives as their homes erupted in flames.