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Pollution taints seaside community's prosperity
News, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 09/02/2020
» Bangkok's seaside neighbour Samut Sakhon is known for many things -- as a fishing hub, a thriving seafood market, and also as the largest location of Myanmar's migrant community in Thailand.
Bold bid to seamlessly turn Bangkok into a 'smart city'
News, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 07/10/2018
» 'Seamless travelling" is becoming a new buzz word in Thailand. The term has been around for a while but got a new lease on life on Friday during Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha's meet-and-greet trip in Bangkok.
No more monkeying around
News, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 02/06/2018
» Bang Khunthian district is the only one out of 50 districts in Bangkok which lies on the coast. Thus, people often visit the district to enjoy fresh seafood products — especially crabs in the restaurants dotted along the Bang Khunthian-Chai Talay road which runs from Rama II Road towards the seafront.
Can Thailand meet the challenges of 2018?
News, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 06/01/2018
» The military government ended 2017 by saying that this year -- supposedly its last in power -- it will wage war on poverty.
Bangkok's secret weapon in war against floods
News, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 21/10/2017
» When the torrential rains of Oct 13 caused heavy flooding in Bangkok, several parts of the city were swamped, including Chulalongkorn University Centenary Park in Sam Yan. However, as the park slowly filled with water, Kotchakorn Voraakhom, the landscape architect who designed the project, remained unconcerned. She even expressed her satisfaction in a Facebook post that the park had finally delivered on one of its purposes -- the detention of flood water.
GMS nations back investment boost
News, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 02/12/2016
» Chiang Rai: The region's transportation network stands to get an investment boost after the The 21st Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) Ministerial Conference decided on a new investment plan yesterday.
The rocky road to development
Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 02/09/2015
» One Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha's many ideas is the "New Bangkok Landmark", in the form of a 14km-long bicycle way that would, if launched, be built along the Chao Phraya. This caused some panic attacks among local architects. After the idea was thrown around earlier in the year, prominent Thai architects voiced their disagreement and suggested that at least the design -- an expressway-like structure built into the water along the river bank -- be revised, if not abandoned altogether. The cost of the project is said to be around 14 billion baht.