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City Hall spells out sandbags' role in flood prevention
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 14/10/2012
» City Hall and the Water and Flood Management Commission (WFMC) appear to have buried the hatchet after a row about the use of sandbags to prevent floods, following a meeting between the two which clarified the reasoning behind the flood management technique.
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Saving the Bang Khunthian coast will cost B1.5bn
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 05/04/2014
» The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) is conducting an environmental impact assessment before investing 1.5 billion baht in its long-delayed breakwater project to stop the receding coastline in Bang Khunthian district.
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City’s ‘lung’ under threat
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 20/05/2014
» People escaping polluted Bangkok to enjoy the fresh air and greenery of Bang Kachao may soon find the journey is no longer possible.
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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.
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Fired up and ready to go
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 26/07/2014
» The shortage of fire trucks in Bangkok will soon ease as nine used emergency vehicles have been donated by Japan’s Fukuoka Prefectural Assembly (FPA).
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BMA claims victory over fire truck scam
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 18/01/2015
» The Court of Conciliation and Arbitration in Geneva has ordered an Austrian fire truck supplier to pay €20.5 million in damages to Bangkok City Hall over a procurement contract it said was plagued with graft.
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City losses mount in fire trucks case
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 26/01/2015
» The verdict in City Hall's lengthy court battle with an Austrian supplier over its ill-fated fire truck procurement nine years ago is out.
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Tackling the urban jungle
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 02/05/2015
» As the tour bus approached the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Waste Landfill Site, the landscape and lack of odours gave no hint that we were entering a rubbish depot. The children on the bus began to smile with anticipation.
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A village that backs itself
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 25/07/2015
» The old story of villagers sitting around and waiting for the state to step in and solve all of their problems is a thing of the past for residents of Mooban Nak Keela Laemthong community in Bangkok’s Saphan Sung district.
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Architects act to safeguard against quakes
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 13/02/2016
» The 7.8-magnitude Nepalese earthquake last year claimed more than 8,000 lives, injured 21,000 and left thousands more homeless. The 6.4-magnitude quake in Taiwan last week killed at least 94 people and injured hundreds while more than 40 remain missing. Many high-rises collapsed.
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