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Let's hope it's not the final curtain at the Scala
News, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 10/06/2020
» When the government reopened the country in the third phase of easing this month, the Scala movie theatre remained shuttered. Rumours are widespread that the stand-alone theatre may be facing the final curtain.
Will injunction halt riverside promenade?
News, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 08/02/2020
» The Central Administrative Court's decision earlier this week to issue an injunction to halt construction of the controversial Chao Phraya riverside promenade may be deemed a victory for the civic groups which put up a fight against the city administration and an alien structure that they said would cause adverse effect on river ecology, in addition to being an eyesore.
New transport minister taking wrong road
News, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 16/08/2019
» Just a few weeks into his new job, Transport Minister Saksayam Chidchob already seems one of the hardest-working figures in cabinet, and maybe also the favourite -- at least among business operators.
Harmony put at risk near Ban Plainern
News, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 01/11/2018
» Within the next few weeks, the threat to the charm and physical structure of Ban Plainern, a cultural landmark, may become reality, if City Hall gives the nod to the construction of a controversial 36-storey condo project next door.
Bangkok beauty: BMA fails city by erasing Mahakan
News, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 19/01/2018
» A day before Italian photographer Jan Daga opened his exhibition on the doomed Mahakan community at a Bangkok venue, I asked him when he planned to visit the struggling neighbourhood so I could also attend, but he appeared reluctant to venture back there.