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New Purple Line makes me see red
News, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 11/05/2016
» After having patiently waited for the Purple Line to get going (so I can move to live in Wong Sawang and travel to town easily as planned for the past several years), its launch should make me happy.
Khru Noi saga highlights the welfare gap
News, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 18/05/2016
» The recent closure of Ban Khru Noi, a private children's shelter, is definitely sad.
Cyclists being led down the garden path
News, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 25/05/2016
» Backpedalling cannot be good, especially when it comes to biking affairs. But City Hall is about to do just that if it listens to a group of experts who believe some bike routes should be scrapped.
Is promenade project really for all of us?
News, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 30/03/2016
» Now that King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang (KMITL) and Khon Kaen University (KKU) have officially taken charge of the feasibility study for the controversial Chao Phraya promenade project, I can only hope the project is now in the right hands.
BMA intent on making city charmless
News, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 16/03/2016
» I don't want to believe this is happening again. Another eviction plan for an old community in Bangkok. And if the the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration gets its way, we will soon lose the Mahakan Fort community, touted as one of the charms of the city.
BMA rides roughshod on river rights
News, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 23/03/2016
» I can almost start to feel the privilege -- imagining myself in stylish casuals riding my vintage city bike along the Chao Phraya River feeling the breeze.
A problem of attitude in Pathumwan
News, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 02/03/2016
» When I learnt last year that the Pathumwan district office was going to move to my neighbourhood, just across a small street from my home, I was glad. Who wouldn't be? Without the need for travelling to take care of household affairs, life would be a lot easier and more convenient.
It's time to panic, not just splash about
News, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 09/03/2016
» In some situations, panic can be good, especially at a time when we are facing severe drought, said to be the most serious in 20 years.
Don't scrap trains, charge for city cars
News, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 17/02/2016
» I hate our horrendous Bangkok traffic. What I hate more is driving in Bangkok which means I could be stuck forever in congested traffic. What I hate most is being trapped in traffic despite taking public transport.
Killing off the capital's charm, again
News, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 24/02/2016
» The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration's (BMA) latest attempt to ban all street vendors from pavements in Pak Klong Talat flower market under its clean-up campaign ushers in a sense of deja vu.