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City defences make 2011 flood warnings 'obsolete'
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 08/10/2025
» The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration has confirmed the city is fully prepared for rising water levels, insisting there will be no repeat of the 2011 catastrophic floods.
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.
ThaiBev donates 200,000 more eco-friendly blakets
Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 07/10/2023
» Thai Beverage Plc (ThaiBev) has donated another 200,000 blankets made from recycled PET (polyethylene terephthalate) bottles to remote communities in 15 provinces.
Man of the people: Chadchart shapes up
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 31/12/2022
» Bangkok governor Chadchart Sittipunt -- the city's first elected chief in nine years -- remains popular with the public since he secured a landslide victory in the gubernatorial election in May.
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 receives EC's endorsement
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 01/06/2022
» The Election Commission (EC) on Tuesday officially endorsed Chadchart Sittipunt as the winner of the May 22 Bangkok governor election, with the new governor reiterating his message of unity.
Death rites pose deadly risk
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 31/07/2021
» City Hall on Friday began a Covid-19 vaccination programme for Buddhist monks, undertakers and other temple workers who handle the corpses of Covid-19 victims.
Bangkok records increase in mask waste
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 16/04/2021
» The average amount of discarded single-use face masks in the capital has reached almost 13 tonnes per day, prompting the governor to urge the public to dispose of them properly.
Chatuchak market opens to wary shoppers
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 10/05/2020
» Chatuchak Weekend Market in Bangkok yesterday reopened to shoppers amid strict social-distancing measures, while vendors saw their rents waived for three months.
BMA sets special bins for used masks
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 22/03/2020
» The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has placed special bins for used face masks in 173 locations across the capital and has brought mask-disposal procedures up to the highest standards, the city administration said.