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    Promenade needs rethink

    Oped, Editorial, Published on 21/03/2023

    » Earlier this month, the Central Administrative Court gave a ruling that spells the end to the Chao Phraya River Promenade -- a lavishing 14-billion baht riverside landscape brainchild of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha.

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    Cranes are a constant pain

    Oped, Editorial, Published on 11/03/2023

    » In the past fortnight, two construction accidents involving cranes have occurred, with one crane collapsing onto Rama II Road, one of the country's busiest arterial roads.

  • News & article

    Dealing with dumped cars

    Oped, Editorial, Published on 23/12/2022

    » With regard to a substantial increase in abandoned cars on Bangkok roads, it's time that the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) again gets tough with irresponsible owners and ensures that those dilapidated vehicles are properly disposed of.

  • News & article

    Chadchart's challenge

    News, Editorial, Published on 07/12/2022

    » People in Bangkok generally approve of the work record of governor Chadchart Sittipunt after six months in the post, according to a recent opinion poll by the National Institute of Development Administration (Nida).

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    Time to end BTS drama

    Oped, Editorial, Published on 25/11/2022

    » Tweets by BTS Group Holdings and the firestorm surrounding the hashtag #DebtMustBePaid on Twitter in recent weeks show how nasty the debate over the country's management of public transport concessions can get. The furore on social media followed the grievances of BTS -- which holds the concession to run the city's Green Line electric rail route -- over the debts owed by Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) to the company for running Bangkok's skytrain system.

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    Fix PM2.5 at the source

    Oped, Editorial, Published on 11/11/2022

    » The year's end is also known as the season of air pollution. In Bangkok, it's the time when PM2.5 fills the air. In the northern region, open burning and forest fires spew air pollution, choking residents. In sugar cane farm areas in about 20 provinces in the central and northeastern region, villagers suffer from "black snow" PM2.5 dust resulting from sugarcane farmers conducting their pre-harvest burns.

  • News & article

    Big waste solutions

    Oped, Editorial, Published on 15/10/2022

    » The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has toughened measures to prevent people from dumping bulky waste like old mattresses and other furniture items into waterways, part of an effort to tackle flooding as large objects have been hindering the flow of water out of the city.

  • News & article

    Building bookworms

    Oped, Editorial, Published on 28/09/2022

    » After launching an expensive campaign to promote a culture of reading in 2013 that achieved only moderate success, the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) is giving it another stab.

  • News & article

    Time to fix city's trash

    Oped, Editorial, Published on 27/09/2022

    » The Bangkok Metropolitan Council on Sept 14 made the right decision to shelve a plan to increase garbage collection fees from 20 baht to 80 baht a month for each city household. Given rising inflation and the high cost of living faced by the public, it's just not the right time.

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    Living in fear of the rain

    Oped, Editorial, Published on 03/09/2022

    » A rare Arcus cloud that shrouded Bangkok and nearby provinces earlier this week -- and went viral on social media as people uploaded photos of it -- has rekindled fears of extreme weather events as a result of climate change.

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