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Pedestrians, once again, get raw deal
News, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 24/08/2017
» After watching the documentary Citizen Jane: Battle for the City last weekend, I finally found something in common between New York City and Bangkok -- the obsession with infrastructure development at the cost of local communities. What happened to New York City planning six decades ago reminds me of what's happening to development in Bangkok nowadays.
Bus service is a long way from 'special'
News, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 28/09/2016
» Riding a bus earlier this week gave me a new experience, and not a good one.
Bangkok beauty: BMA fails city by erasing Mahakan
News, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 19/01/2018
» A day before Italian photographer Jan Daga opened his exhibition on the doomed Mahakan community at a Bangkok venue, I asked him when he planned to visit the struggling neighbourhood so I could also attend, but he appeared reluctant to venture back there.
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.
Legalise app cabs to ride in happiness
News, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 22/01/2015
» After several failed attempts at hailing a taxi to return home from work downtown, a friend of mine changed strategy.
Synthesise this
Life, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 18/10/2012
» You may call me antisocial when I say I don't particularly like the Chinese Vegetarian (kin jay) Festival now in progress. But for some reason, I'm frustrated because most regular restaurants either take time off during the festival or serve only meat-free meals. I'm forced to eat synthetic meats if I don't cook myself. Even if I cook, the prices of vegetables are no longer affordable, having doubled or tripled thanks to the rise in demand.