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Councillor blasts workshop for execs as waste of money
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 23/04/2015
» A Bangkok councillor has demanded to know if a management course for top city officials and business executives held by City Hall costs the state too much and accused it of being plagued with nepotism.
Health rules school kitchens
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 21/02/2015
» To the kids at Wat Makut Kasattriyaram kindergarten, their new stainless steel food trays look nicer than the old aluminium ones — and maybe their food even tastes better. That it is more hygienic is not something they immediately understand. But their parents do.
City losses mount in fire trucks case
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 26/01/2015
» The verdict in City Hall's lengthy court battle with an Austrian supplier over its ill-fated fire truck procurement nine years ago is out.
On the job, and lean and mean
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 13/12/2014
» 'You know, it's not easy to shed even a pound or to keep a healthy weight when you get older," Thanasak Petchana says as he looks back on his years of poor dieting and inactivity.
A way to become a little wiser
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 18/10/2014
» At first glance, the game looks much like petanque. But get in closer and you will find that this ball game has little in common with the popular French game which is played on a long dirt strip and involves players throwing a ball at a target.
Bangkok's Toilets of the Year Awards
Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 01/10/2014
» Think more graciously when next you open that special door - it might be an award-winner, for Bangkok City Hall has just announced its annual Toilets of the Year Award for 2014.
A natural 'cycle' of rehabilitation
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 06/09/2014
» The residents of old Bang Lamphu have found a novel way to make cycling fun and environmentally friendly and are combing it with heightened tourism appeal. And it is paying off.
Lumpini suffers as politics pitches camp
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 28/02/2014
» Regular visitors to Lumpini Park complain their right to good health in a decent environment has taken a battering since the anti-government protesters set up camp in the city’s premier park.
A page is turned in Siam Square
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 18/01/2014
» After decades of selling "food for thought", the Odeon Store in the bustling heart of the capital has finally had to close its doors.
Students show officials how to fix traffic
Business, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 09/03/2013
» After years of using the top-down approach to try to solve Bangkok's traffic congestion, officials now feel they need to see the problem from the other side by turning their ear to voices in troubled areas.