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Moving with the Masses
Guru, Published on 09/03/2012
» It's easy to move around Thailand thanks to the multitude of public transport options available. However travel can present an obstacle course of oddities from high decibel karaoke buses to tricky taxi drivers intent on showing unsuspecting guests a jolly good time. Each form of public transport has its own array of charming problems and quirks and it's all out there in our great Kingdom. However as a great philosopher once said, "Keep your friends close and your public transport enemies even closer so you may be able to smell their B.O". In other words, it pays to know who you will meet on your travels in the city and beyond.
Police want more CCTVs in capital
Online Reporters, Published on 07/03/2012
» City police will propose that up to 6,000 more closed-circuit television cameras be installed around Bangkok.
JJ vendors protest at Government House
News, Pakawat Sunpituksaree, Published on 06/03/2012
» Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra said that while she sympathises with Chatuchak vendors who yesterday brought their grievances about new rent prices to Government House, she thinks the new rate is reasonable.
Kittiratt: No more price fixing
Online Reporters, Published on 05/03/2012
» The government cannot set the prices of products and services because Thailand operates an open economy, Deputy Prime Minister Kittiratt Na-Ranong said on Monday.
BMA orders illegal billboards removed
Online Reporters, Published on 05/03/2012
» The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration has issued an urgent order to all 50 district offices instructing them to tell owners of illegal billboards throughout the city to dismantle them within 15 days as the annual summer storms will soon start.
JJ vendors appeal to PM over rent costs
News, Published on 05/03/2012
» Chatuchak Weekend Market vendors will ask Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra to intervene and reduce the rent for stalls from 3,562 baht to 1,000 baht a month.
Fiery reminder of high danger
News, Published on 05/03/2012
» Bangkok residents, particularly city officials, had a simple and cheap reminder on Saturday of looming disaster. The fire that began on the seventh floor of Fico Place took no lives, and only about 50 weekend workers had to be evacuated. Complaints around the city stretched into yesterday, mainly about the horrendous traffic jams in the Sukhumvit-Petchaburi area caused because the 10-alarm fire forced firemen to close Asok Road. The grumbling is understandable _ until one realises just how easily we got off.
SRT rules on Chatuchak
News, Amornrat Mahitthirook, Published on 04/03/2012
» Chatuchak Weekend Market vendors have been given a March 13 deadline to renew their rental contracts or lose their rights, the Transport Ministry says.
Grime and punishment: deluge victims still bailing out battered homes
Spectrum, Published on 04/03/2012
» There is a line scarring almost every building, post and fence along the northern and western outskirts of Bangkok. Brown, filthy and marinated in mould _ it jumps across highways and canals, staining walls, poles, pillars and fences, stretching across 30 of the capital's districts. It is the water mark of last year's floods, and often the only physical reminder of the fears continuing to reverberate throughout affected communities.
City blaze prompts safety fears
News, Post Reporters, Published on 04/03/2012
» A massive fire erupted at the 13-storey Fico Place building in the busy commercial area of Sukhumvit Soi 21 yesterday sparking concerns about the safety of old buildings in the city.