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Berlin ‘keen on land bridge’
Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 08/11/2023
» Germany has shown a keen interest in Thailand’s Land Bridge megaproject and has invited the government to conduct a roadshow in Germany to woo investors, Transport Minister Suriya Jungrungreangkit said on Wednesday.
BMA to go after old vehicles
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 21/10/2023
» The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) and the government have vowed to tackle the ultra-fine PM2.5 dust pollution in Bangkok, saying 70% of these hazardous dust particles come from vehicle emissions.
BMA to crack down on old vehicles as PM2.5 spirals
Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 20/10/2023
» The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) and the government have vowed to tackle air pollution, saying vehicle emissions account for 70% of the ultra-fine PM2.5 dust in the capital and urgent measures are needed to curb them.
BMA readies debt repayment
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 20/09/2023
» The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) is preparing to pay the first instalment of the 22 billion baht it owes the Bangkok Mass Transit System Plc (BTSC), the operator of the BTS Skytrain Green Line extension, next month after the Bangkok Metropolitan Council (BMC) gives its seal of approval.
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).
City Hall to receive B79.7bn budget
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 19/08/2022
» Bangkok Council on Thursday unanimously approved a budget of 79.71 billion baht for the coming 2023 fiscal year, starting Oct 1, as City Hall plans to use most of the money to ease the city's most nagging problems including flooding and traffic congestion.
Shots site for Bangkokians
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 26/05/2021
» A website will be launched tomorrow to enable healthy Bangkokians to book their Covid-19 vaccinations.
Delay in rail line trials likely
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 25/01/2021
» The launch of the Pink and Yellow electric train lines is likely to be postponed to the end of the year, as the Covid-19 outbreak has disrupted the delivery of construction equipment, says the Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand (MRTA).
BMA leads fight to battle coastal erosion
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 16/08/2020
» The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has proposed a plan to add soil to a coastal area in Bang Khunthian to battle severe erosion that has degraded 5 square kilometres of land over the past four decades.
BMA: B20,000 fine for failure to report Rayong visit
Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 17/07/2020
» Anyone failing to inform city officials they were at the hotel or mall in Rayong where a virus-infected Egyptian soldier went could be fined 20,000 baht, Bangkok deputy governor Sopon Pisutthiwong warned on Friday.