• OPINION

  Make city streets obstacle free for the disabled

  News, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 26/07/2019

  » If you've been around Bangkok over the past few months, you may have seen a young woman accompanied by a black Labrador riding the BTS Skytrain or strolling through some department stores. Her story with Luther, her guide dog, has gone viral on social media.

• OPINION

  The need to acknowledge the modern family

  Oped, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 12/08/2020

  » What usually comes to mind when you think of family? A social unit comprised of father, mother and child -- or children -- perhaps?

• OPINION

  Absurd disease controls show govt is clueless

  Oped, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 03/04/2020

  » As I checked in for my trip home at Brussels airport last Sunday, I wondered if it would be a once-in-a-lifetime flight. A THAI employee had told me I might end up being the only passenger on the Bangkok-bound plane that afternoon.

• OPINION

  Poor conduct on part of bus management

  News, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 05/10/2017

  » 'C'mon, come back up here and let's go," a female bus conductor told a group of students stranded at a city bus stop in a loud voice, offering help to the youngsters who were lost en route.

• OPINION

  Street-food plan starves poor of choice

  News, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 20/04/2017

  » Soon after being hailed as the city with the world's best street food by CNN, and with the Michelin Guide announcing it will visit Thailand this year, City Hall which is known to have a love-hate relationship with street vendors, yesterday decided to keep street food in certain spots in the capital -- to serve tourists, not residents.

• OPINION

  Locals pushed aside in name of 'progress'

  News, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 24/07/2015

  » Shortly after I filed a complaint with the City Hall hotline against a food shop that illegally dominates the pavement near my house in Pathumwan district, I received a phone call from a tessakij (city inspector), assuring me the problem was well taken care of. It was a nice surprise.

• LIFE

  Breaking the cycle

  Life, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 19/03/2024

  » 'Our mission is to break the cycle of despair," says Chanya Sueb­petch, one of the members of a team of social workers at Siriraj Hospital in Bangkok. The 37-year-old works in the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Department of Pediatrics. Chan­ya's work is therefore focused strongly on supporting vulnerable children.

• OPINION

  High-rise rule would be wind of change for city

  Oped, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 26/06/2021

  » Earlier this month, there was good news in terms of public safety and the urban environment. It was reported that the Office of Natural Resources and Environmental Policy and Planning (Onep) was going to enforce a more stringent environmental impact assessment (EIA) rule for high-rise building developers.

• OPINION

  Thainess and surf-skating, a safe match?

  Oped, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 01/04/2021

  » The "Rattana Go Surf" surf-skating group, with the presence of a woman politician and luminaries who showcased their surf-skating skills on the city streets last Sunday caused a stir. It's no surprise. In contrast to the latest trend of surf-skating in Thailand, Sunday's crowd turned up in traditional Thai attire, while some women also showed up in Thai-style strapless tops and other participants put on royal-patterned shirts. I can only imagine how suffocating it would have been wearing costumes which are obviously not appropriate for sports. Not to mention, several joined the risky sport without protective gear, such as helmets, all while trying to balance themselves on a skateboard, side by side with moving cars and other motorised vehicles.

• OPINION

  Could quarantine facilities be slacking?

  Oped, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 29/10/2020

  » Almost the same time the tourism authorities welcomed the first batch of long-stay tourists from China last week, local media reported a new infection, a Thai-French woman, who completed the mandatory alternative state quarantine (ASQ) and somehow, after she left, tested positive for the coronavirus.

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