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City Hall backs 'lights-off' on Saturday night

The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA), the World Wild Fund (WWF) Thailand and other agencies want people and businesses to turn off unnecessary lighting for one hour early on Saturday night in a symbolic commitment to coping with climate change.

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BMA plots relocation

The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) will spend about two years moving its headquarters from Sao Chingcha in Phra Nakhon district to its other office in Din Daeng district, ahead of promoting the inner city area as "People Square".

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Trucks, haze and action

The high levels of PM2.5 air pollution seen this month revive the question of what national and local governments could have done but failed to do. Within this, the proposed relocation of Bangkok Port out of the capital city -- part of the national master plan to reduce PM2.5 --…

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BMA prepares for 'super-aged societies'

The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) held a workshop to launch the so-called Urban Sandbox: Klang Model at BMA General Hospital, which aims to improve healthcare for the increasing number of elderly people in Bangkok's inner-city areas.

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Fire destroys police building in Bangkok's Sathon

A fierce fire gutted a police building that stored official documents in Bangkok’s Sathon district early Saturday. No casualties were reported.

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Ministry says city’s port is staying put

The Transport Ministry has poured cold water on a suggestion by the Bangkok governor to move Bangkok Port from Klong Toey district, saying it has plans to develop the facility into a green port.

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Port plan pitched to parties

City Hall will pitch to those political parties canvassing for votes the idea of integrating Bangkok Port in Klong Toey with the Laem Chabang deep-sea port in Chon Buri to lessen problems in the capital, including floods and air pollution.

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BMA to inspect farms on prime plots

The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) is planning to investigate landowners who are growing fruit and vegetables on their undeveloped land in the capital to avoid paying taxes on vacant plots.

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Bangkok is still sinking, and fast

Getting Bangkok ready for the results of climate change is crucial for saving the city from sinking under rising sea levels, climate experts say.

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Bangkok is still sinking, and fast!

Getting Bangkok ready for the consequences of climate change is crucial for saving this megacity from being submerged under rising sea levels, climate experts say.

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Vendors decry BMA push to clean up pavements

Authorities have been working on making the city's sidewalks more pedestrian-friendly since Bangkok governor Chadchart Sittipunt took office last year, as it was one of the 216 pledges he had made a month before he was elected.

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Chadchart pressed on school lunch prices

Jirayu Huangsap, a Pheu Thai Party MP for Klong Sam Wa district, has called out the Bangkok governor and demanded serious action be taken to combat extortionate student lunch prices at city schools.

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Air pollution warning for Bangkok

Unsafe levels of fine dust are forecast for the capital city from Tuesday to Friday due to stagnant air and extensive burning in Cambodia.

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Air pollution warning for Bangkok

Unsafe levels of fine dust are forecast for the capital city from Tuesday to Friday due to stagnant air and extensive burn-off in Cambodia.

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Bangkok air pollution prompts advice to work from home

Thai capital’s already bad air made worse by forest fires and burning on farms

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Working from home recommended in smoggy Bangkok

Authorities have urged Bangkok residents to work from home and wear respirator masks outdoors as air pollution level worsens in the capital.

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Governor sees progress but 'more needed'

Bangkok governor Chadchart Sittipunt on Friday said he is satisfied with his performance over the past eight months.

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Israel, BMA partner to improve Bangkok

Israel, a country with a population of fewer than 10 million people, roughly the size of Bangkok's population, is delighted and proud to make a modest contribution towards urban sustainability in Bangkok.

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Man of the people: Chadchart shapes up

Bangkok governor Chadchart Sittipunt -- the city's first elected chief in nine years -- remains popular with the public since he secured a landslide victory in the gubernatorial election in May.

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MRTA to resurface roads

City Hall has set April as the deadline for the Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand (MRTA), the contractors of the Orange, Pink and Yellow lines and other stakeholders to restore road surfaces around construction sites.

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Politicians make hay while the sun shines

It was a year of tumult on the political front, with Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha's selection as sole prime ministerial candidate of the United Thai Nation Party, the Constitutional Court's ruling that Prime Minister Prayut's term still had time to run, and the landslide victory of independent candidate Chadchart Sittipunt…

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Chadchart's challenge

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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Bangkok administration targets B80bn tax revenues

The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) will seek to amend the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration Act of 1985 to enable it to generate more income to meet its target of 80 billion baht in tax revenues in the current fiscal year, governor Chadchart Sittipunt said on Tuesday.

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Bangkok governor Chadchart's approval rating high after 6 months: poll

Bangkok governor Chadchart Sittipunt's approval rating is high after six months in office, according to a survey by the National Institute of Development Administration, or Nida Poll.

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MPs oppose Skytrain fare increases

MPs from three major parties are opposing an increase in fares on Bangkok's Skytrain system, despite Bangkok governor Chadchart Sittipunt saying the fare hikes are in line with contractual obligations.

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