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Chadchart's first real test
Oped, Editorial, Published on 14/09/2022
» If great power comes with great responsibility, then the large numbers of votes that a politician receives also mean great expectations. This is the case of Bangkok governor Chadchart Sittipunt, who received a record-breaking 1.3 plus million votes at the gubernatorial election in May.
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Chadchart needs more time on the job
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 12/09/2022
» Bangkok governor Chadchart Sitttipunt has come under fire from critics over failing to solve flood problems in the capital after it was lashed with heavy rain last Tuesday night.
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Retain city's flood plains
Oped, Editorial, Published on 16/08/2022
» It's welcome news that Bangkok governor Chadchart Sittipunt has ordered city officials to review the capital's 2024 zoning map, to promote development on the city's outskirts.
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Tribute to journo
Oped, Postbag, Published on 04/11/2021
» Re: "Veteran Post writer dies at 77", (BP, Oct 30).
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Time to elect city governor
Oped, Editorial, Published on 04/09/2020
» Heavy rain. Floods. Traffic jams. Long queues on public transport. Even longer hours spent on the road before reaching home.
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Lessons to learn from Japan's stormy resilience
News, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 19/10/2019
» A few days after Typhoon Hagibis dissipated, images of cities in Japan resuming life as normal were widely shared on social media.
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Licence to kill
News, Postbag, Published on 20/07/2019
» Of all the retrograde events in Thailand over the past two decades, the death of a 15-year-old student at Phra Pratom Wittayalai School from so-called Thai "hazing" tradition is the worst.
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Iran: 'Boots on the ground' war unwinnable
News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 22/05/2019
» 'After a long debate, the highest levels of the military could not forecast a way in which things would end favourably for the United States," said Richard Clarke, counter-terrorism adviser in the White House under three administrations. That was back in 2007, and he was talking about the Pentagon's attempts to come up with a winning strategy for a US war with Iran. No matter how they gamed it, the US lost.
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No light at the end of tunnel for unsafe city
News, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 05/01/2019
» The long-awaited tunnel crossing Pattanakarn intersection -- though not fully completed -- was finally opened to motorists on Dec 25, three weeks behind schedule. City Hall may view this as a Christmas and New Year's gift for commuters, but there are other factors in play to consider.
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Bureaucrats and artists no bedfellows
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 15/05/2018
» Their sidewalks are crooked, pedestrian bridges poorly designed. When they go out and cut trees, people cry out in horror at the butchers' work. Their bike lanes seem to go nowhere and their sewage covers famously cause people to fall over, requiring hundreds of stitches.
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