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Bangkok governor hopefuls lay out their visions
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 29/03/2022
» Bangkok needs a public health system that is easy to access, an interconnected transit system running on clean energy and many more dust pollution checkpoints, according to at least four Bangkok governor candidates.
Time running out for city district councillors
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 09/09/2018
» 'Because Phra Nakhon district is my home, I still want to continue doing this duty. How could I trust the people from somewhere else to do the job? They don't even know the way of life of people here. Those civil servants come and go. As for us, born and raised here, we won't move away."
BMA denies hitting dud notes
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 05/12/2015
» City Hall has rebutted a former Democrat Party MP's claims that there were irregularities regarding the purchase of musical instruments for schools under its supervision.
Wild animals that jump from the page
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 30/08/2014
» When Sitthikorn Munglai's fingers traced the curves of a figurine in the book in front of him, he beamed with delight. It was something he had never experienced in his life.
A disaster waiting to happen, and what to do when it does
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 05/07/2014
» When the tsunami swept the south of Thailand on Boxing Day 2004, many people had no idea what had hit them. Few realised that the sea receding in such a dramatic fashion was going to produce an incoming wall of water that eventually claimed the lives of more than a quarter of a million people.
Teaching them while they're young
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 24/05/2014
» The young pupils stare at the exhibition board and try to take in the information. Taxes, they are told, are an important part of life, and it's necessary for everyone to pay their share.
Architecture comes to the rescue of tourism
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 22/03/2014
» With visitor arrivals dropping dramatically given the political unrest, the tourism industry is looking to new initiatives that will re-spark interest, and one glimmer of hope has come from an unusual quarter — architecture students.
Chatuchak green zone moves closer to reality
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 23/11/2013
» City Hall expects to start building the much-delayed Utthayan Chatuchak green project next year after satisfying people's worries over the need to cut down trees for the park to be built.
Discontent washes down Khlong Saen Saep
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 12/10/2013
» While the extended shuttle boat service along Khlong Saen Saep has been a hit with commuters, it has failed to impress canal-side home owners who complain of river bank erosion from waves created by the boats plying the busy canal.
Pupils chow down at school
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 10/08/2013
» The perception by Bangkok residents of city-run schools being of poor quality compared with other state-run and private institutions has long been a worry to City Hall.