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Fast and Furious 8: Life in the slow lane
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 21/08/2013
» I got on a No. 8 bus the other day expecting to experience what people have been talking about this past week _ a nightmare. Taking a seat at the back, I braced myself for some action _ the sudden lurching off and slamming of brakes, cursing from the driver, yelling from the conductor, pulling up at the wrong spots, dropping passengers off in the middle of the road, and the speeding up and overtaking of other buses.
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Cycling & The City
B Magazine, Post Reporters, Published on 20/10/2013
» The Transport Minister got some advice from his mother when she learned he was going to bike the chaotic streets of Bangkok to open a bicycle campaign: ''Bring your ID card. In case you get run over, they can contact home.''
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Go Chadchart, Go!
Life, Published on 07/02/2014
» Clad in a sleeveless shirt and shorts, the man walked barefoot to give alms to the monks early one morning. In his hand was a plastic bag, his face expressionless as though the idea of putting on a pair of flip-flops was as unthinkable as putting on an overcoat on a hot sunny day.
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Women fall ill working on the buses
News, Lamphai Intathep, Published on 21/02/2014
» Female bus conductors have been suffering from multiple illnesses at work, ranging from dizziness to cancer, a survey found.
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Buses banned from belching toxic fumes
News, Published on 04/04/2014
» The Transport Ministry insisted Friday that most of the Bangkok Mass Transit Authority's (BMTA) buses had been converted to run on natural gas which means they no longer produce toxic black smoke.
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Just memeing...
Life, Onsiri Pravattiyagul, Published on 13/03/2015
» Satire can prick, tickle and tease. It can also lighten heavy subjects while still asking hard questions. Sometimes it's just plain juvenile. Satire and politics are inseparable bedfellows — throw in the internet and some Photoshopping skills, and the result is the social phenomenon that Thailand, and the world, is currently witnessing.
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Let there be light
Life, Prapai Kraisornkovit, Published on 27/07/2016
» A unique fund-raising event was held recently amid the cool wind of Khao Yai. Dubbed "The Secret Castle", the exclusive gala dinner and auction was hosted by Sirin Chatvichai, managing director of Degree (Thailand), manufacturer and distributor of lighting products, at the Austrian-style castle at My Ozone housing project, among the valleys of Khao Yai.
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Saved by the scooter
Asia focus, Published on 01/04/2019
» The sight of former transport minister Chadchart Sittipunt gliding in on an electric scooter to cast his vote at a school in Ekamai district of Bangkok recently reminded me of a conversation I had with Zachary Wang, the co-founder of Neuron Mobility.
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Clinic helps with lessons, beggar lives it up, FB hackers caught
News, Mae Moo, Published on 24/05/2020
» Dusting off the study notes
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Making a push for green cover
Life, Published on 13/07/2021
» Baan Klong Jan Organic Garden in Sa Kaeo province used to be an empty space owned by the municipality. However, the local community decided to divide it among 50 people from impoverished neighbourhoods. They were allowed to use 200m² each to grow plants and each person grew flowers or trees and by doing so, they converted the empty space into a public space which has brought local people income from visitors and tourists.
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