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City Hall urges return of district council elections
Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 27/07/2022
» City Hall has asked a House standing committee to seek the immediate return of elections for Bangkok district councillors, which were put on hold following the 2014 military coup.
Aswin says city ready for annual toxic dust deluge
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 28/10/2020
» City Hall is working overtime to prepare for the return of hazardous levels of PM2.5 dust to the capital in December, Bangkok governor Aswin Kwanmuang told media on Tuesday.
Contractors 'to blame for floods'
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 10/06/2019
» Firebrand activist Srisuwan Janya is likely to lodge complaints with the police against several district chiefs, contractors hired to build dams and housing projects along the Lat Phrao Canal for causing floods on Friday.
High-rises skirt law to spring up in narrow sois
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 12/05/2019
» Due to unscrupulous state officials and greedy real estate developers exploiting legal loopholes, many high-rises manage to spring up in narrow sois in Bangkok, posing environmental problems and safety concerns.
'Auntie Pigeon' warned neighbours' health comes first
Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 13/09/2018
» Laksi district officials on Thursday sanitised the house of an old woman who for decades had been feeding a large flock of wild pigeons and ignoring neighbours' complaints about the mess they caused and the risk of disease.
BMA targets 'getting tough' with markets
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 17/05/2018
» The Central Administrative Court's ruling Wednesday ordering the dismantling of all five markets in the Seri Villa Housing Estate and compensation payments to plaintiffs will lead to City Hall "getting tough" with more than a hundred markets, the Bangkok governor says.
BMA officials feel market heat
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 06/03/2018
» The panel looking into markets at Seri Villa housing estate in Prawet district has recommended disciplinary action be taken against senior City Hall officials for allowing the markets to operate illegally, officials said yesterday.
Pawn shops offer more than money for old rope
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 08/01/2018
» City Hall last year saw profits from its pawn business jump by millions of baht although financial gain is not its primary goal.
BMA axes four over lighting graft scandal
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 25/11/2017
» The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has sacked four officials accused of graft by the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) in the 39.5-million-baht "Bangkok Light of Happiness" lighting project for the 2016 New Year celebrations.
City seeks waste awareness
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 18/04/2017
» City Hall has been sprung into action after an image of the Klong Toey canal covered in garbage drew strong public criticism.