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Bangkok Food Bank puts surplus, waste food to use
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 24/06/2022
» City Hall has piloted a Bangkok Food Bank project to distribute surplus food to vulnerable groups including the impoverished.
Prison labour hired to clean Bangkok's drains
Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 07/06/2022
» City Hall has approved a Department of Corrections proposal to use prison labour to clean the sewers throughout Bangkok and improve flood drainage, starting on July 1.
Succour for the homeless
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 17/05/2022
» With Bangkok's governor election just around the corner, most candidates have highlighted several issues in their campaigns. Yet one topic remains mostly unaddressed -- the homeless.
Bangkok governor resigns to seek 'renewed term'
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 25/03/2022
» After much anticipation, Pol Gen Aswin Kwanmuang announced on Thursday his resignation as Bangkok governor and plan to run as an independent in the city gubernatorial election expected in May.
BMA eases curbs on meetings and booze
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 16/03/2022
» Businesses can once again hold conferences, seminars and other events at hotels, exhibition venues and shopping centres starting today, as the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has agreed to further ease disease control measures put in place to curb the spread of Covid-19 in the capital.
Sakoltee resigns to run for governor
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 08/03/2022
» Sakoltee Phattiyakul has resigned as Bangkok deputy governor to run for the governorship as an independent in the city elections tentatively set for late May.
Aswin undecided on re-election bid
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 04/11/2021
» Bangkok governor Aswin Kwanmuang has poured cold water on speculation that he is looking to run for a second term after former police chief Chakthip Chaijinda announced his withdrawal from the the next gubernatorial race.
New chief to upgrade bus fleet
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 01/11/2021
» Kittikan Chomdoung Charuworapolkul, the new director of the state-run Bangkok Mass Transit Authority (BMTA), the bus operator, yesterday set out his plan to replace the city's ageing fossil fuel-powered buses with a fleet of electric vehicles.
PM fined B6,000 for breaking mask rule at Covid meeting
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 27/04/2021
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha was yesterday fined 6,000 baht for violating City Hall regulations by failing to wear a face mask during a meeting at Government House.
Smart City project a source of conflict
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 22/11/2020
» The row over a plan to purchase land from a community behind the old Mor Chit Bus Terminal to build an elevated road as part of a "smart city" project around the mass transit station has raised questions about the way the state spends taxpayer money on land expropriation.