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Ask not for whom the bell tolls, but why
News, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 11/10/2018
» Last week, the city was abuzz with a debate over a temple bell that allegedly keeps some people awake and frustrated. City authorities stepped in, instructing the temple to keep the bell noise as low as possible, to please residents of a nearby luxurious condo.
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Harmony put at risk near Ban Plainern
News, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 01/11/2018
» Within the next few weeks, the threat to the charm and physical structure of Ban Plainern, a cultural landmark, may become reality, if City Hall gives the nod to the construction of a controversial 36-storey condo project next door.
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What if axe lady wasn't a total psycho?
News, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 21/02/2018
» Parking in a prohibited spot may land you a ticket and a fine. But leaving your car in front of someone's house can get you in even deeper trouble -- as experienced by a woman whose car was smashed by an angry house owner when she did just that.
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Get ready for another Aetas nightmare
Oped, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 04/11/2017
» With great reluctance, City Hall has finally announced a plan to demolish parts of the unlawfully built Aetas Hotel Bangkok to comply with an order issued by the Supreme Administrative Court in 2014.
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City Hall fails again in help for disabled
News, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 23/03/2017
» I love my city. But I still wish to see its administrator, City Hall, improving things to make Bangkok more liveable and navigable for all, especially disabled people.
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BMA needs to stop erasing our heritage
News, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 07/09/2016
» For a few seconds, I didn't know whether to laugh or cry when my 13-year-old Eurasian niece looked at me -- blankly -- and asked me why I kept taking her to see run-down buildings, some of which are nearly a century old, in the old town of Bangkok during her visit last month.
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City leaves commuters in the lurch
News, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 15/06/2016
» After a long fight, commuters in Thon Buri's Wutthakat area who have to cross a small canal via the BTS station of the same name are to get a facility they have long deserved -- a bridge.
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Deadly blaze uncovers our building flaws
News, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 10/02/2016
» At a glance, the massive blaze that engulfed a luxury residential building in Narathiwat Soi 18, claiming one life and causing six injuries, last Friday morning might make some believe that it was just another case of a forgetful resident who left burning candles and joss sticks unattended.
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City's charm vanishes as BMA moves in
News, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 22/10/2015
» Has anyone checked the new app, "Street Food Bangkok" launched recently by the Foreign Affairs Ministry together with the Tourism Authority of Thailand and the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA)?
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Temple destroys 200-year community
News, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 24/10/2015
» ‘Will you guys return if we are allowed to come back and live here again,” the middle-aged woman says as she finishes a late lunch in a corner of the Wat Kalayanamit community.
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