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MRTA seeks approval for new Orange Line route
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 08/08/2024
» The Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand (MRTA) has submitted a letter to the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA), seeking permission to use its areas for building the western route of the Orange Line, which will connect Bang Khun Non and Min Buri.
New skywalk would link 5 hospitals to BTS
Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 16/05/2024
» The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) is moving to secure permission to build a skywalk linking the hospitals along Ratchawithi Road.
Govt calls for more airport slots
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 14/01/2024
» The Transport Ministry has instructed the Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand (CAAT) to increase the number of airport slots to prepare for an expected surge in foreign arrivals for the summer starting in April.
Hotel fined B1.3m for removed gargoyle statue
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 29/12/2023
» The company operating the Bazaar Hotel Bangkok has paid a fine of 1.3 million baht for allowing Khru Kai Kaew, a controversial half-god, half-demon represented by a gargoyle-like sculpture, to be installed on its rented premises.
Weight rule 'needs better enforcement'
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 14/11/2023
» The Transport Ministry has ordered all relevant agencies to cooperate with the police to assist its crackdown on overloaded trucks, after concrete slabs on a major road in Bangkok caved in last week.
BMA to set up film-makers coordination centre
Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 18/09/2023
» The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration will set up a centre to coordinate with foreign and local film-makers, in line with the government's policy to promote Thailand through "soft power", Bangkok Governor Chadchart Sittipunt said.
BMA under fire over Ashton Asoke
Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 29/07/2023
» Bangkok governor Chadchart Sittipunt is under increasing pressure to take action in response to Thursday's ruling by the Supreme Administrative Court, which invalidated the construction permit granted to the already finished 6-billion-baht Ashton Asoke condominium project in Watthana district of Bangkok after a long legal dispute.
'No faults' in mall's fire systems
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 05/12/2022
» Pathumwan district officials inspected CentralWorld shopping centre after a fire broke out on the mall's second floor on Saturday and concluded the building's emergency sprinklers and fire alarm systems were working normally.
BMA scraps movie night at station
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 15/07/2022
» The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has decided to cancel the screening of the film Khu Kham at Hua Lamphong station on Sunday, after the State Railway of Thailand (SRT) said permission was not sought and voiced concerns about overcrowding.
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.