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City Hall makes contingency plans to take over traffic role
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 25/11/2017
» The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) is making contingency plans for the proposed transfer of policing the city's roads to City Hall control.
Jewellery re-plating trade losing its former lustre
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 14/10/2017
» Decades ago, metal re-plating shops were abundant but this time-honoured job has been fading in popularity and only long-time customers seem to know where you can find one these days.
Carbon-busting Surao Lamkaek students win green award
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 16/09/2017
» Surao Lamkaek, a nondescript school in the outer Bangkok district of Nong Chok, has beaten 73 other schools across the city to win top prize in the "Green School Towards Lower Carbon Bangkok" award offered by City Hall's Environment Department.
Banging the drum for the Bang Mot oranges
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 09/09/2017
» Anyone who has tried a Bang Mot orange is unlikely to forget its distinctive sweet-sour taste that literally drips with flavour. It grows in eight districts in the capital but originates from Bang Mot in Thon Buri on the west side of the Chao Phraya River, an area famous for its fertile, potassium-rich soil that gives the fruit its signature taste.
Snapping at the heels of social justice
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 26/08/2017
» City Hall is ushering in a culture of whistle-blowing by offering cash incentives for informing on those who violate public spaces -- for example, motorcyclists who tear along pavements -- but fears are mounting it may promote vigilantism and could spark violent confrontations.
BMA reaches high for the 'Sky Park' in the capital
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 19/08/2017
» Forget the controversial riverside promenade, Bangkok Observation Tower and Tha Phra Chan-Siriraj Hospital pedestrian bridge projects. Those of you who want to indulge yourselves with a walk by the Chao Phraya River will be able to do so in about a year.
Residents driven to road rage in land dispute
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 12/08/2017
» All roads lead back home, or so the saying goes.
11 more homes to be torn down
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 26/07/2017
» City Hall yesterday announced it will demolish 11 more houses in the Mahakan Fort community by the end of this month, a move likely to intensify the two-decade conflict between residents and local government.
New bridge rapped as 'a waste of money'
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 20/07/2017
» City Hall's controversial 1.7-billion-baht pedestrian bridge proposal linking Tha Phra Chan and Wang Lang was an old trick to waste taxpayers' money, a former senior City Hall official says.
BMA defends plan to build new bridge
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 19/07/2017
» City Hall on Tuesday defended its controversial 1.7-billion-baht pedestrian bridge proposal to link Tha Phra Chan and Wang Lang in Bangkok, saying it was part of its master plan to improve riverside areas along the Chao Phraya River.