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Bangkok claims sorting push 'a success'
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 03/10/2025
» The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration's (BMA) new waste separation initiative, "This House Doesn't Mix", has drawn an enthusiastic response from city residents, with more than 700,000 households registering since its launch on Wednesday, according to Pornprom Vikitsreth, the governor's sustainability adviser.
Make Thai Airways fully private, former director urges
Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 24/09/2025
» Former Thai Airways International board member Banyong Pongpanich has called on the government to sell all its shares in the airline, arguing that full privatisation is essential to prevent a return to bureaucratic inefficiency and political meddling.
City Hall waste-sorting campaign falls flat
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 29/07/2025
» While the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) gears up to implement a new scheme designed to encourage households to sort out their rubbish, many residents say they are unaware of the changes set to come into effect in about two months' time.
Thailand's Land Bridge falls flat
Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 13/07/2025
» As Thailand's political future hangs in the balance, so too does one of the country's most ambitious mega-infrastructure proposals: the Land Bridge Project, envisioned as a transformative logistics corridor linking the Gulf of Thailand with the Andaman Sea.
New overpasses to ease traffic jams across Bangkok
Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 19/05/2025
» The Transport Ministry is planning to construct new overpasses in and around Bangkok to help ease traffic congestion across the capital.
Canal bridge road opens early
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 14/05/2025
» The Department of Rural Roads (DRR) officially opened the inbound section of the Maha Sawat Canal Bridge on Ratchaphruek Road in Nonthaburi yesterday to accommodate a surge in traffic associated with the start of the new school term.
Over 360k join Bangkok celebrations
Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 14/04/2025
» Songkran celebrations in Bangkok drew massive crowds from all over the world, with more than 360,000 people joining festivities on Silom and Khao San roads over the first two days of the holiday period, says the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA).
Households are urged to sort organic waste
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 01/03/2025
» Households in Bangkok are being encouraged to separate organic waste from other forms of rubbish to help reduce the daily volume of garbage.
CCTV pool to ensure safer holiday
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 12/02/2025
» The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) and the Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) will link their CCTV systems in a bid to boost public safety during the Songkran festival, according to an aide to the city governor.
BMA must pay B672m in lease fees
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 24/08/2024
» The State Railway Workers' Union of Thailand is demanding that the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) pay a debt of 672 million baht arising from overdue leasing fees at Chatuchak Market from 2018 to 2022.