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New project to help riders switch to EVs
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 17/02/2026
» The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has partnered with the German Society for International Cooperation (GIZ) on a project to support motorcycle taxi riders in switching to electric vehicles.
Hundreds of vendors at Chatuchak market given deadline to move
Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 19/02/2025
» City Hall has told 529 stallholders near the clock tower at Chatuchak weekend market they must move out by April 30 to make way for planned redevelopment.
Fast progress in Chiang Rai rail project
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 30/11/2024
» The construction of a new railway project with four tunnels designed to withstand the impact of natural disasters in Chiang Rai has progressed by 20%, said the Department of Rail Transport's (DRT) director-general Pichet Kunadhamraks.
Consumer council backs 20 baht cap on fares
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 09/09/2024
» The Thailand Consumer Council (TCC) supports the Transport Ministry's plan to cap the fare on mass transit electric train services at 20 baht per trip, according to Saree Ongsomwang, TCC secretary-general.
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.
Locals want 10% of land in Bangkok's Makkasan
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 12/08/2024
» Residents living near a railway in the Phaya Thai area of Bangkok are urging the State Railway of Thailand (SRT) to allocate 10% of its 500-rai Makkasan land to them before it starts a high-speed rail project linking three airports.
Thai Airways targets SET return in 2025
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 10/08/2024
» Thai Airways International Public Company Limited (THAI) is looking to finalise its capital restructuring plan by the end of this year and will seek cancellation of business rehabilitation before resuming trading on the stock exchange within the second quarter of 2025.
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.
Markets join BMA's food waste reduction drive
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 17/04/2024
» Nearly 200 fresh markets in Bangkok have joined a Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) campaign to separate food scraps from other waste, which helps reduce carbon emissions by about 142.5 tonnes per day.
150k register to settle debts
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 02/03/2024
» More than 150,000 people with accumulated informal debts of almost 12 billion baht registered for the government's debt settlement programme, resulting in 18,509 people settling more than 771 million baht in total so far, according to the Interior Ministry.