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The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has dismissed criticisms on social media of leaving the Ong Ang Canal, which had become a popular walking street during the previous government, to become polluted again.
Nghinh Phong Tower Square is the only representative in Southeast Asia to win the award
The “HSBC Rural Sustainability Programme” of the Centre for Civil Society and Governance (CCSG) at the University of Hong Kong (HKU) has been selected
BANGKOK, 17 March 2021: The Tourism Authority of Thailand and Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) share the honour of winning the UN-Habitat award for the Thai capital’s Klong Ong Ang renovation project, a walking street launched in November 2020. Klong Ong Ang’s renovation project was named one of six 2020 Asian Townscape Awards from UN-Habitat Fukuoka, chosen for their landscape improvement projects. Klong Ong Ang Walking Street opens at the weekend; Friday, Saturday, and Sunday from 1600 to 2200. Visitors browse the stalls crammed with food and shopping stalls set out on the walk...
Bangkok canal project wins Asian habitat award 9 published : 14 Mar 2021 at 05:00 9 spruced up: A family goes kayaking in Klong Ong Ang in the central Bangkok district of Phra Nakhon. The historical canal has been cleaned and its banks given a facelift to attract visitors. The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has won a UN-Habitat award for its Klong Ong Ang canal renovation project. UN-Habitat's regional office and its partners recently hosted the 2020 Asian Townscape Awards (ATA), and Thailand is one of six countries that won awa...