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Chadchart's bold bridge plan
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 19/01/2026
» On today's fashionable Song Wat Road, where century-old shophouses have lately been reborn as cafes and design studios and the Chao Phraya River slips quietly past, a bridge exists -- for now -- only on paper.
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.
Bangkok administration renovates Klong Toey Market
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 24/02/2025
» The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) is renovating a walkway at Klong Toey Market on Rama IV Road after dismantling an extension market that had occupied the footpath for almost two decades.
Chadchart warns street vendors of income checks and tax bills
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 31/05/2024
» City Hall is imposing measures to rein in street vendors, including checking their income, taxing them, and eventually ending hawking on pavements altogether.
The rise and fall of Klong Ong Ang
Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 18/03/2024
» Photos showing the sorry state of Klong Ong Ang -- a canal in Bangkok's Samphanthawong that was once touted as an example of successful urban revitalisation -- recently trended on social media, sparking fears that the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) under governor Chadchart Sittipunt is no longer interested in the project.
Apec boosts tourism
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 27/11/2022
» The popularity of Thai cultural resources got another boost courtesy of visits to major tourist attractions in Bangkok by French President Emmanuel Macron and US Vice President Kamala Harris during the Apec summit.
City Hall begins 'street cleaning'
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 02/08/2022
» The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) plans to relocate street vendors in a project modelled on Singapore's success in managing issues arising from an abundance of street hawkers.
BMA eyes hawker centres to resolve street stall free-for-all
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 13/07/2022
» The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) is preparing to set up hawker centres as a permanent solution to unorganised street vendor stalls.
Virus cluster spreads to 7 provinces
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 18/03/2021
» The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) expects to have vaccinated thousands of high-risk people in Bang Khae by Sunday after an infection cluster at a market spread to seven provinces.
Chapel, pagoda won't be razed for rail line
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 06/03/2021
» The Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand (MRTA) on Friday came out to assure that the 237-year-old chapel and pagoda on the grounds of Wat Iam Woranuch in Bangkok's Phra Nakhon district will not be demolished by the Purple Line rail project.