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Sustainability Expo 2023 gets underway with grand opening

News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 03/10/2023

» Sustainability Expo 2023 (SX2023) officially began on Monday with a grand opening promoting sustainable practices based on the idea of the sufficiency economy philosophy conceived by His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej The Great.

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Sustainability Expo 2023 gets underway with grand opening

Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 02/10/2023

» Sustainability Expo 2023 (SX2023) officially began on Monday with a grand opening promoting sustainable practices based on the idea of the sufficiency economy philosophy conceived by His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej The Great.

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THAILAND

Fund helps youth enjoy bright future

News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 31/07/2023

» Chainarong Maneewong, 23, intends to pursue a career in teaching after completing his university education thanks to a scholarship he received from the Bangkok Post Foundation.

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Experts warn of 'endless' flood cycle

News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 21/09/2019

» Engineers have warned that Thailand will remain trapped in a cycle of flooding unless the government expands natural catchment areas, raises flood embankments and builds more underground drainage systems.

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Architects act to safeguard against quakes

News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 13/02/2016

» The 7.8-magnitude Nepalese earthquake last year claimed more than 8,000 lives, injured 21,000 and left thousands more homeless. The 6.4-magnitude quake in Taiwan last week killed at least 94 people and injured hundreds while more than 40 remain missing. Many high-rises collapsed.

THAILAND

Badly injured victims demand BMA action

News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 09/01/2016

» It was a bad day for Watchira Sawatdee when he stepped on a cracked manhole cover on a street near a university in Chatuchak district, falling into a drain and badly injuring his leg.

THAILAND

A disaster waiting to happen, and what to do when it does

News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 05/07/2014

» When the tsunami swept the south of Thailand on Boxing Day 2004, many people had no idea what had hit them. Few realised that the sea receding in such a dramatic fashion was going to produce an incoming wall of water that eventually claimed the lives of more than a quarter of a million people.

THAILAND

Quake-proofing more than just a precaution

News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 12/05/2012

» In the crowded streets of Bangkok, tall buildings built on porous ground blot out the skyline, and an earthquake of the magnitude that hit Christchurch, New Zealand, and Fukushima, Japan is a frightening thought, although a direct hit is not thought likely.