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Fuel support starts April 1
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 28/03/2026
» The government will roll out targeted fuel subsidies for the transport sector from April 1, Transport Minister Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn has confirmed, as operators grapple with mounting costs and looming freight rate increases.
Thai Airways aims for stock market return by next year
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 04/10/2024
» Thai Airways International (THAI) expects to exit rehabilitation and be relisted on the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) by the second quarter of next year, according to Piyasvasti Amranand, chairman of the airline's debt rehabilitation administrator.
BMA building dikes in risk areas
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 23/09/2024
» Each year during the monsoon season, Rong Si community in Yannawa district gets inundated by runoff water from the North. The community's residents believe when the runoff from the North arrives in Bangkok in early October, the floods in the area will be much worse.
Sub-districts to get disaster zone status
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 16/09/2022
» Bangkok governor Chadchart Sittipunt looks set to declare six heavily flooded sub-districts in Lat Krabang district as disaster zones to give victims access to aid from government agencies outside of the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA).
Chadchart plans 'flood highway'
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 15/09/2022
» Bangkok governor Chadchart Sittipunt has proposed building a so-called flood highway that would allow run-off from areas upstream of Bangkok to drain faster and directly into the sea.
Record rain overwhelming city canals
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 08/09/2022
» Some of the heaviest rain to have fallen on Bangkok in two decades began on Tuesday evening and has overwhelmed the capital's main canals, making it difficult to drain the excess water from some parts of the city, said governor Chadchart Sittipunt on Wednesday.
Chadchart vows no epic flood this year
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 30/08/2022
» Bangkok governor Chadchart Sittipunt guaranteed that Bangkok will not experience a repeat of the epic flood in 2011 following his inspection of flood-mitigation work in the capital.
Prison labour hired to clean Bangkok's drains
Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 07/06/2022
» City Hall has approved a Department of Corrections proposal to use prison labour to clean the sewers throughout Bangkok and improve flood drainage, starting on July 1.
AoT to take over 3 airports
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 15/09/2021
» Three airports currently run by the Department of Airports (DoA) will soon come under the control of Airports of Thailand (AoT) in order to help drive tourism growth, Transport Minister Saksayam Chidchob said on Tuesday.
BMA to revamp city canal by year's end
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 02/11/2020
» The city administration is planning to start developing Chong Nonsi canal in Sathon district at the end of this year, modelling it after the famous Cheonggyecheon in Seoul, said deputy Bangkok governor Sakchai Boonma.