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Get ready for another Aetas nightmare
Oped, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 04/11/2017
» With great reluctance, City Hall has finally announced a plan to demolish parts of the unlawfully built Aetas Hotel Bangkok to comply with an order issued by the Supreme Administrative Court in 2014.
Street-food plan starves poor of choice
News, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 20/04/2017
» Soon after being hailed as the city with the world's best street food by CNN, and with the Michelin Guide announcing it will visit Thailand this year, City Hall which is known to have a love-hate relationship with street vendors, yesterday decided to keep street food in certain spots in the capital -- to serve tourists, not residents.
People and river's voices sadly ignored
News, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 30/03/2017
» It is a fact that nature has existed long before us. Unfortunately, she has been abused, bullied, and at times treated badly. It has continued that way as, for most of us, nature has no say.
City Hall fails again in help for disabled
News, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 23/03/2017
» I love my city. But I still wish to see its administrator, City Hall, improving things to make Bangkok more liveable and navigable for all, especially disabled people.
BMA needs to stop erasing our heritage
News, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 07/09/2016
» For a few seconds, I didn't know whether to laugh or cry when my 13-year-old Eurasian niece looked at me -- blankly -- and asked me why I kept taking her to see run-down buildings, some of which are nearly a century old, in the old town of Bangkok during her visit last month.
City leaves commuters in the lurch
News, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 15/06/2016
» After a long fight, commuters in Thon Buri's Wutthakat area who have to cross a small canal via the BTS station of the same name are to get a facility they have long deserved -- a bridge.
A problem of attitude in Pathumwan
News, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 02/03/2016
» When I learnt last year that the Pathumwan district office was going to move to my neighbourhood, just across a small street from my home, I was glad. Who wouldn't be? Without the need for travelling to take care of household affairs, life would be a lot easier and more convenient.
Deadly blaze uncovers our building flaws
News, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 10/02/2016
» At a glance, the massive blaze that engulfed a luxury residential building in Narathiwat Soi 18, claiming one life and causing six injuries, last Friday morning might make some believe that it was just another case of a forgetful resident who left burning candles and joss sticks unattended.
Temple destroys 200-year community
News, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 24/10/2015
» ‘Will you guys return if we are allowed to come back and live here again,” the middle-aged woman says as she finishes a late lunch in a corner of the Wat Kalayanamit community.
City's charm vanishes as BMA moves in
News, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 22/10/2015
» Has anyone checked the new app, "Street Food Bangkok" launched recently by the Foreign Affairs Ministry together with the Tourism Authority of Thailand and the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA)?