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Let's literally make our cities green
News, Michael Shafer, Published on 03/02/2022
» Who doesn't love a little shade on the street? A cool parking spot for the car? A bit of garden? But is disrupting traffic, inconveniencing businesses and shoppers, spending millions of baht to create a "green city" actually worth the disruption, inconvenience and cost?
Passion for solving water problems pays off
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 05/12/2020
» Water has caused many problems for Thailand. The country is routinely hit by droughts alternating with floods. Yet in terms of water management, Thailand has been blessed with one thing: the country had King Rama IX who spent decades trying to solve water problems and helped lay the foundations of sustainable water management in Thailand.
Khon Kaen locals get former shelter plots
News, Post Reporters, Published on 29/08/2020
» The Treasury Department has handed state land lease contracts to 1,100 people in Khon Kaen's Ban Hat district, deputy finance minister Santi Promphat said.
'No politics' in decree stretch
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 26/05/2020
» Forestalling a second wave of infections, and not politics, is behind the government's need to extend enforcement of the emergency decree as lockdown measures are set to loosen up, said Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon.
Long weekenders ordered to self-isolate on arrival for 14 days
News, Post Reporters, Published on 03/05/2020
» The Interior Ministry has issued an order for people returning to the provinces during the current long weekend to be kept under quarantine for 14 days.
Anxiety grows as returnees avoid quarantine
News, Post Reporters, Published on 07/03/2020
» Anxiety is building among the public amid reports that a number of people who have returned home from high-risk countries have ignored requests for self-quarantine and undermined efforts to contain the spread of Covid-19.
Airport screening to be boosted
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 23/02/2020
» The Ministry of Public Health is closely following the rapid outbreak of Covid-19 in Italy where 14 people were found to be infected in one day.
Govt steps up virus testing
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 22/02/2020
» The Ministry of Public Health has tightened screening criteria for people in eight provinces popular with Chinese tourists after the number of Covid-19 cases in Thailand changed little over the past week.
EEC megaproject draws flak from residents
News, Sonthanaporn Inchan, Published on 14/07/2019
» The Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) is a well-known flagship megaproject of the military government. The project aims to turn most of the land in the three provinces of Chachoengsao, Chon Buri and Rayong into industrial zones.
High-rise condos put forgotten neighbourhood back on the map
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 04/11/2018
» Charoen Nakhon Road in Klong San district hasn’t been a hot topic until recently. Only some Bangkok residents living near the Chao Phraya River and the old town know where it is.