Bangkok governor says it is a waste of money to purchase sandbags and water pumps. Gigantic drainage tunnels are the answer to city’s flood problems.

The emergency decree still in force in Bangkok and adjacent provinces could be lifted before January because the overall siutation has improved, Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said on Thursday.

The superintendent of the much-maligned Lumpini police district made a bold statement when asked about pornography recently. “I can guarantee it,” Pol Col Sarawuth Jindakham said when asked if pornographic DVDs and VCDs would still be off the streets in six months’ time

Symphony Communication Plc, the wholesale leased-line service provider, is moving to expand its fibre-optic cable network outside Bangkok to expand its share of the 10 billion baht market.

Traffic on the the capital’s expressways is expected to peak this month with no impact from the floods on Bangkok’s outskirts, prompting the SET-listed expressway operator to revise up its 2010 growth forecast to 2% over last year.