THE Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has lifted restrictions on dining in non-air-conditioned restaurants and increased the maximum seating limit in air-conditioned venues from today June 21, NNT said. According to the latest BMA order, signed by Bangkok governor Aswin Kwanmuang, non-air conditioned restaurants may operate at 100% capacity, while air-conditioned venues are allowed to occupy
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Construction of giant Buddha statue visible across Bangkok nearly complete
By Reuters Staff, published by US News & World Report A TEMPLE building a 69-metre-tall (230 ft) Buddha statue that will be visible across Bangkok said construction was nearly complete but its opening may be pushed back to 2022 due to delays caused by the coronavirus pandemic. The Royal Wat Paknam Phasi Charoen temple on
Read more10m baht house starts leaking during rainfall
A FACEBOOK user posted a video clip (attached below) showing rainwater pouring down the ceiling of a second-hand house he bought for 10 million baht with this occurring even though he had hired a technician to check it before the transaction, TV Channel 7 said this afternoon (June 21). Writing under the name
Read moreFour new Covid clusters found in Bangkok, Samut Prakan
THE Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) said this afternoon (June 21) that four new coronavirus clusters have emerged in Bangkok and adjacent Samut Prakan province amid 3,175 new cases over the past 24 hours and 29 fatalities, Siam Rath newspaper said. CCSA’s assistant spokeswoman Dr. Apisamai Srirangsan said the one new cluster in
Read moreProgress made in salvaging cargo ship, tugboat beached at Phang Nga island
A LARGE crane vessel managed to slightly shift a cargo ship that ran aground in the shallow part of a beach at Koh Phra Thong island off Phang Nga coast on June 7 after removing 30 containers with a tugboat that came to its rescue also stuck there, Amarin TV said this morning (June
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