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Virus bungles need fixing
Oped, Editorial, Published on 06/01/2021
» Who should the public listen to regarding Covid-19 regulations? The provincial governor? The prime minister? The Public Health Ministry?
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Timely info crucial during outbreak
News, Editorial, Published on 03/01/2021
» After all the advances made against the novel coronavirus disease at the end of last year, many around the world had hoped the turn of the year would bring about more good news on the Covid-19 front. But merely a day after the annual countdown, Thais awoke instead to a fresh slew of restrictions, many of which had been lifted barely six months ago.
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Covid doesn't discriminate
News, Editorial, Published on 22/12/2020
» The Covid-19 surge with hundreds of infections in Samut Sakhon and other provinces has come as a profound shock.
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High time for war on PM2.5
Oped, Editorial, Published on 19/12/2020
» After a week of severe air pollution, the PM2.5 dust in Bangkok and nearby areas gradually receded to safe levels, thanks to an abrupt change in weather patterns, with wind blowing away the particles. Heavy rain also helped.
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So many canals of opportunity await
News, Editorial, Published on 13/12/2020
» For a foreigner, Bangkok's extensive network of crisscrossing klong -- canals -- which once bestowed the city with the title "Venice Of The East" is perhaps a forgotten charm. Yet for many Thai communities built along the banks of these waterways, canals remain a way of life.
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BTS bid must bring benefit
Oped, Editorial, Published on 23/11/2020
» Transparency and public interest must be a priority when the government decides whether or not it will extend Bangkok Mass Transit System’s (BTSC) concession for the skytrain’s Green Line. Last week, the cabinet withheld its approval to extend BTSC’s concession for 30 more years, as proposed by Interior Minister, Anupong Paojinda, following strong opposition from the Transport Ministry.
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Come clean on Mor Chit
Oped, Editorial, Published on 14/11/2020
» Last week, a group of residents in Soi Vibhavadi 5 staged a protest against the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration for a land appropriation bid that will swallow their houses and property near the Skytrain depot, formerly the Mor Chit bus terminal, in order to accommodate an elevated road construction project. The residents vowed to take the agency to the Administrative Court.
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The Mahakan Fort mistake
Oped, Editorial, Published on 31/10/2020
» After booting the old Mahakan Fort community out of their homes in 2018, and turning the area into a park intended for tourists, the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) recently, for the first time, tacitly admitted to its mistake.
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Target the PM2.5 source
Oped, Editorial, Published on 07/11/2020
» December is known for being the beginning of the PM2.5 season in Bangkok and several other provinces.
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Time to elect city governor
Oped, Editorial, Published on 04/09/2020
» Heavy rain. Floods. Traffic jams. Long queues on public transport. Even longer hours spent on the road before reaching home.
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