Retain city's flood plains It's welcome news that Bangkok governor Chadchart Sittipunt has ordered city officials to review the capital's 2024 zoning map, to promote development on the city's outskirts. Bangkok Post · Aug 15, 2022
BMA to conduct zoning review The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) will set up a panel to work with the Royal Thai Police to review zoning for restaurants, bars and entertainment venues in response to people's current lifestyle in terms of dining. Bangkok Post · Aug 9, 2022
Plaudits for revealing deal The decision by Krungthep Thanakom’s new management to disclose parts of the memorandum of understanding and contract signed by the Bangkok Mass Transit System (BTSC) to operate train services along the extension of the capital city’s Green Line deserves praise. Bangkok Post · Aug 9, 2022
City Hall refuses to be sunk by floods The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) is preparing a major redevelopment of the capital's drainage system to increase its drainage capacity in a fresh drive to combat the city's flood problem. Bangkok Post · Aug 7, 2022
Bangkok Metropolitan Administration to levy land taxes in full The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) is planning to fully collect land and building taxes on land used for agricultural purposes after landlords and property owners allegedly exploited tax cuts to avoid higher taxes, a source said. Bangkok Post · Aug 7, 2022
Green Line extension no longer free The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration plans to start charging fares on the extension sections of the BTS Green Line in mid-September. The maximum fare will be capped at 59 baht per ride. Bangkok Post · Aug 7, 2022
Pageant winner seen as 'pride of city' Bangkok governor, Chadchart Sittipunt, has hailed the new Miss Universe Thailand 2022 as a proud child of Bangkok, inspiring people in the capital with her soft power. Bangkok Post · Aug 3, 2022
'People will say it's just not worth it' - Newcastle GP hits out at health service pay and warns brain drain could see 'two-tier NHS' Doctors' Association UK rep Lizzie Toberty has a stark warning for the Department of Health and Social Care. Chronicle Live · Aug 3, 2022
BMA mulls transferring new rail lines Bangkok governor Chadchart Sittipunt now wants to transfer two new electric rail projects to the Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand (MRTA), while City Hall is still struggling to clear up problems surrounding the Green Line’s concessions. Bangkok Post · Aug 2, 2022
City Hall begins 'street cleaning' The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) plans to relocate street vendors in a project modelled on Singapore's success in managing issues arising from an abundance of street hawkers. Bangkok Post · Aug 1, 2022
Flood ritual dies hard Fears of flooding have returned again with news the Royal Irrigation Department (RID) will discharge more water from the Chao Phraya dam in Chai Nat to accommodate run-off from the North. Bangkok Post · Aug 1, 2022
‘Not the answer’: Rishi Sunak’s plan to fine patients £10 for missing appointments under fire BMA warns proposal ‘threatens the fundamental principle that NHS delivers free care at the point of need’ The Independent UK · Jul 31, 2022
Bangkok well-prepared for high tides, says governor Bangkok governor Chadchart Sittipunt has assured the public that City Hall has prepared measures to cope with overflows from the Chao Phraya River during high tides from the end of this month to early August. Bangkok Post · Jul 27, 2022
Army, RID to help dredge city canals As part of the government's efforts to bolster the capital's flood defences, the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) is seeking help from the army and Royal Irrigation Department to dredge the Lat Phrao and Saen Saeb canals. Bangkok Post · Jul 25, 2022
Bangkok Post · Jul 24, 2022 Bangkok braces for sixth wave with big spike in infections feared Bangkok is bracing for a sixth wave of Covid-19, as Covid cases in the capital bounce back to over 10,000 new cases per day, threatening the city's public health system.
Bangkok Post · Jul 24, 2022 BMA food centre plan hits snag Street food vendors have expressed mixed feelings about the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration's (BMA) plan to relocate them to new hawker centres in the capital to better manage them.
Bangkok Post · Jul 20, 2022 City Hall opens new field hospitals Bangkok City Hall has opened two new field hospitals with a total of 500 beds for Covid-19 patients with mild symptoms.
Bangkok Post · Jul 19, 2022 City Hall considers app use to fight corruption Bangkok governor Chadchart Sittipunt is considering expanding the use of the Traffy Fondue application to take complaints about corruption following its success in dealing with public service complaints.
Bangkok Post · Jul 18, 2022 A city's lifeline The uniqueness of street food stalls add a charm to Bangkok, and this is what inspired artist Kiettisak Moungkum to create art when he was an undergraduate student. However, as a graduate student at the Faculty of Painting Sculpture and Graphic Arts, Silpakorn University, he had to do field surveys…
Daily Mirror · Jul 15, 2022 Can UK doctors strike and has it happened before? It's ‘inevitable’, says new BMA chair A NHS doctors strike is 'inevitable' according to British Medical Association's new leader. But are doctors actually allowed to go on strike and has it happened before? Here's what you need to know
The Guardian - UK · Jul 15, 2022 NHS doctors’ strike is ‘inevitable,’ says new BMA chair Exclusive: doctors will use pay row to expose ‘desperate state’ of NHS after years of government neglect, Prof Philip Banfield warned
Bangkok Post · Jul 14, 2022 Planned movie screening at Hua Lamphong station called off City Hall has called off a free open-air movie screening and musical performance at Hua Lamphong station planned for Sunday, after an awkward lack of forward planning.
Bangkok Post · Jul 12, 2022 BMA eyes hawker centres to resolve street stall free-for-all The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) is preparing to set up hawker centres as a permanent solution to unorganised street vendor stalls.
Bangkok Post · Jul 12, 2022 District polls may backfire The landslide victory of Chadchart Sittipunt as city governor was a watershed moment for local politics and decentralisation.
The Guardian - UK · Jul 11, 2022 Female doctors launch campaign against harassment in UK healthcare General Medical Council urged to denounce sexist and misogynistic behaviour towards female colleagues