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Bookshops find a place on the map
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 10/11/2012
» While many Thais despair about the lack of a reading culture in the country, Bangkok in fact hosts a surprising number of bookshops, so many that a guide map has been produced to help book lovers to locate the nearest ones to them.
Lumpinee set to hang up its gloves
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 20/10/2012
» The bell for the final round is set to be rung on the renowned - and somewhat notorious - Lumpinee Boxing Stadium after many decades as the greatest attraction for muay Thai fighters in the country.
Pleas go out to protect historic areas
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 08/09/2012
» A new draft of the city-planning blueprint by City Hall has been criticised for posing a threat to the art, culture and architecture inherited from generation to generation in Bangkok's old neighbourhoods.
Security and safety go 'green'
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 01/09/2012
» Safety and security on the streets of Bangkok has become increasingly more vital, and to this end, City Hall is using a unique urban approach by adopting a new innovation.
It's the greatest, and ... it's home
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 28/07/2012
» Not even Bangkok's crowded, dishevelled footpaths, its crazy public transport system, its exhausting heat and lack of tranquil locations deters certain magazine readers. To them, the Thai capital is just great as it is.
Council seeks wider powers
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 21/04/2012
» The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration says it is ready and willing to take over the supervision of traffic police and other public utilities under a decentralisation plan.
Historic canal feels the pressure of modern life
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 31/03/2012
» Almost 500 years ago, a royal command was issued for a canal to be dug through a land plot in front of an area that is currently the Tha Phrachan campus of Thammasat University.
Troubled waters over a bridge
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 03/03/2012
» Residents of the Lat Ya and Maha Phruttharam areas are up in arms over a plan to build a bridge across the Chao Phraya River, saying it will not ease traffic as claimed.
BMA readies ambitious recovery plan
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 03/01/2012
» City Hall is expected to rubber-stamp a flood recovery and prevention masterplan this month to strengthen the capital's resilience.