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News, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 22/11/2019
» Last week when my friends and I were hungry, we began to discuss possible options. Should we go out to a nearby restaurant, or grab leftovers from the refrigerator? One friend suggested using a food delivery service and everyone reached a consensus and agreed.
News, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 16/08/2019
» Just a few weeks into his new job, Transport Minister Saksayam Chidchob already seems one of the hardest-working figures in cabinet, and maybe also the favourite -- at least among business operators.
News, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 10/08/2019
» Bangkok commuters and visitors are bracing for higher taxi fares that will take effect next month.
News, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 28/06/2019
» Walking around Thonglor last week almost made me think for a moment that I wasn't in Bangkok. Sukhumvit seemed cool, as some commuters -- mostly expats and tourists -- zoomed about on electric standing scooters.
News, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 21/06/2019
» Last Saturday, more than a dozen men in orange vests stormed Soi Udomsuk. They have nothing to do with the "yellow vests" in France, whose violent protests against the Macron government have captured the world's attention.
News, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 23/03/2019
» Sometimes it feels as if we are still in the Stone Age. A recent attack on a motorcycle taxi rider who works for a popular app by a regular bike taxi give us this impression.
News, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 08/03/2019
» I have to say I was speechless when I heard the news that people with disabilities (PWD) lost a court battle against the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) over 1.4 billion baht in compensation for it failing to install enough lifts at skytrain stations.
Life, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 31/12/2018
» Bangkok is a city of contrasts. Despite being ranked as Southeast Asia's third most liveable city by the Economist this year, the capital was also named the world's worst in terms of inequality, based on the Global Wealth Databook by Credit Suisse.
News, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 07/12/2018
» Since Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha inaugurated the opening of the BTS Green Line Skytrain system's southern extension on Thursday, Samut Prakan residents may now find it more convenient to commute to Bangkok for work. But I have doubts about how many of them can afford it.
News, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 17/09/2018
» When I saw a news headline last week, saying the number of Bangkok public buses may be reduced to solve the city's traffic woes in the Ramkhamhaeng area, I thought it was just more click bait.