Bangkok Metropolitan Administration

76

77

Ba

ng

ko

k

Me

tr

op

ol

it

an

Ad

min

is

tr

at

io

n

Bangkok Metropolitan Administration

78

The

embl

em o

f the

BM

A re

pres

ents

a

fi gur

e fro

m T

hai m

ytho

logy

, Phr

a In

dra,

th

e ke

eper

of A

mar

a-w

adee

, car

ryin

g hi

s th

ree-

blad

ed w

eapo

n an

d se

ated

ato

p a

whi

te e

leph

ant,

who

se fo

ur iv

ory

tusk

s de

note

cel

estia

l sta

tus.

The

em

blem

sy

mbo

lizes

that

the

Gove

rnor

of B

angk

ok,

like

Phra

Indr

a, h

eads

the

capi

tal a

nd

prov

ides

lead

ersh

ip to

furth

er th

e w

elfa

re o

f the

city

’s re

side

nts.

The

BMA

embl

em w

as fi

rst u

sed

durin

g th

e te

rm o

f offi

ce o

f Ban

gkok

’s fi r

st

Gove

rnor

, Gen

eral

, Cha

o Ph

raya

Ram

arak

op

(193

7-19

38).

The

BMA

embl

em c

an b

e se

en o

n BM

A ve

hicl

es, a

t the

site

of p

ublic

wor

ks a

nd

impr

ovem

ent p

rogr

ams,

and

whe

reve

r it

is s

ervi

ng th

e pu

blic

thro

ugh

num

erou

s an

d va

ried

activ

ities

. It

is B

angk

ok’s

‘Sym

bol o

f Ser

vice

’.

“Ban

gkok

” or

“Kr

ung

Thep

Mah

a N

akho

n” w

as e

stab

lishe

d as

the

capi

tal c

ity o

f Tha

iland

in 1

782,

the

year

Kin

g Ra

ma

I asc

ende

d th

e th

rone

. Dur

ing

the

reig

n of

Kin

g Ra

ma

V, th

e te

rrito

rial a

dmin

istra

tion

of th

e co

untry

was

refo

rmed

bet

wee

n 18

94-

1906

into

a n

umbe

r of a

reas

cal

led

“Mon

thon

”. B

angk

ok w

as in

Mon

thon

Kr

ung

Thep

, whi

ch w

as u

nder

the

Min

istry

of U

rban

Affa

irs.

In 1

922,

the

Min

istry

of U

rban

Affa

irs

was

mer

ged

with

the

Min

istry

of

Inte

rior.

The

adm

inis

tratio

n of

Ban

gkok

,un

der a

mod

ifi ed

Mon

thon

sys

tem

, w

as c

arrie

d on

unt

il 19

32.

In 1

933,

two

Acts

wer

e le

gisl

ated

and

af

fect

ed th

e ad

min

istra

tion

of B

angk

ok:

The

Thai

Adm

inis

tratio

n Ac

t and

the

Mun

icip

al G

over

nmen

t Act

. Und

er

thes

e ac

ts, B

angk

ok b

ecam

e a

prov

ince

call

Krun

g Th

ep p

rovi

nce.

On th

e 21

st D

ecem

ber 1

971,

Nat

iona

l Ex

ecut

ive

Coun

cil O

rder

Num

ber 2

4 w

as p

rocl

aim

ed w

hich

mer

ged

Krun

g Th

ep p

rovin

ce a

nd T

hon

Buri

prov

ince

into

a s

ingl

e pr

ovin

ce c

alle

d th

e “K

rung

The

p an

d Th

on B

uri M

etro

polis

. “

At th

e sa

me

time,

Nat

iona

l Exe

cutiv

e Co

unci

l Ord

er N

umbe

r 25

mer

ged

the

Bang

kok

Mun

icip

ality

and

The

Tho

n Bu

ri M

unic

ipal

ity in

to th

e “M

etro

polit

anCi

ty M

unic

ipal

ity.”

In 1

972,

Nat

iona

l Exe

cutiv

e Co

unci

l Or

der N

umbe

r 335

reor

gani

zed

the

form

of l

ocal

gov

ernm

ent i

n th

e m

etro

polis

by

amal

gam

atin

g th

e ac

tiviti

es o

f the

Met

ropo

lis o

f Kru

ng

Thep

and

Tho

n Bu

ri, T

he K

rung

Th

ep a

nd T

hon

Buri

Prov

inci

al

Adm

inis

tratio

ns, t

he M

etro

polit

an C

ity

Mun

icip

ality

and

San

itatio

n Ad

min

istra

tion

into

the

“Ban

gkok

Met

ropo

litan

Ad

min

istra

tion

(BM

A).”

In D

ecem

ber 1

981,

the

Bang

kok

Met

ropo

litan

Adm

inis

tratio

n Ac

t 19

75 w

as a

men

ded.

The

am

endm

ent

stip

ulat

ed th

at G

over

nor a

nd D

eput

y Go

vern

ors

of th

e BM

A sh

ould

be

appo

inte

d by

the

Min

iste

r of I

nter

ior

until

the

new

Act

of t

he B

MA

cam

e in

to e

ffect

. On

the

31st

of A

ugus

t 198

5,

the

new

Act

of t

he B

MA

cam

e in

to

effe

ct. A

ccor

ding

to th

e Ac

t, th

e Go

vern

or is

ele

cted

by

popu

lar v

ote

and

four

Dep

uty

Gove

rnor

s ar

e ap

poin

ted

by th

e Go

vern

or fo

r a fo

ur-

year

term

. The

Ban

gkok

Met

ropo

litan

Co

unci

l com

pris

es e

lect

ed m

embe

rs.

The

num

ber C

ounc

il mem

bers

dep

ends

on th

e po

pula

tion

of B

angk

ok. A

t the

Di

stric

t lev

el, D

istri

ct C

ounc

il is

als

o el

ecte

d an

d its

mem

bers

will

be

at

leas

t 7 d

epen

ding

on

popu

latio

n in

the

Dist

rict.

The

Bang

kok

Met

ropo

litan

Co

unci

l and

Dis

trict

Cou

ncil,

eac

h ha

s a

four

-yea

r ter

m.

SYM

BO

L O

F SE

RV

ICE

TH

E B

AN

GK

OK

MET

RO

PO

LIT

AN

AD

MIN

IST

RA

TIO

N

Gian

t Sw

ing

: The

red

teak

arc

h la

ndm

ark

in fr

ont o

f Ban

gkok

City

Hal

l

79

A ne

w c

ompr

ehen

sive

pla

n fo

r Ban

gkok

took

effe

ct o

n M

ay 1

7, 2

006

one

day

afte

r the

min

iste

rial r

egul

atio

n on

the

plan

was

ann

ounc

ed in

the

Roya

l Gaz

ette

. Th

e ne

w c

ity p

lan,

in u

se fr

om 2

006

to 2

011,

is a

road

m

ap to

turn

the

capi

tal o

f Tha

iland

into

a m

ore

livab

leci

ty.

Alth

ough

this

city

pla

n co

vers

fi ve

yea

rs, i

t inc

lude

s pr

ogra

ms

to c

ope

with

the

grow

ing

popu

latio

n in

Ba

ngko

k ov

er th

e ne

xt 2

0 ye

ars,

whi

ch is

exa

pect

ed

to re

ach

12.5

mill

ion.

The

new

city

pla

n w

ill h

elp

cont

rol l

and

use

so th

at la

nd u

tiliza

tion

in th

e ca

pita

l w

ill b

ecom

e m

ore

effi c

ient

.

Apar

t fro

m th

e vi

sion

to tu

rn B

angk

ok in

to a

liva

ble

city

, the

new

pla

n al

so a

ims

to d

evel

op th

e ca

pita

l as

an

econ

omic

cen

ter i

n So

uthe

ast A

sia

and

as a

ci

ty o

f cul

ture

.

The

BMA

is u

sing

the

“Hea

lthy

City

” de

velo

pmen

t fra

mew

ork,

set

by

the

Wor

ld H

ealth

Org

aniza

tion

(WHO

), as

a g

uide

line

for u

pgra

ding

Ban

gkok

into

on

e of

the

wor

ld’s

mos

t liv

able

citi

es.

“Rat

tana

kosi

n Is

land

” in

the

hear

t of B

angk

ok w

ill

cont

inue

to b

e th

e m

ain

area

for p

rese

rvat

ion.

The

area

bet

wee

n Ra

tcha

daph

isek a

nd K

anch

anap

hise

k rin

g ro

ads h

as b

een

desig

nate

d fo

r com

mer

cial

and

re

siden

tial z

onin

g.

The

oute

r par

t of K

anch

anap

hise

k Ri

ng R

oad

will

be

deve

lope

d in

to a

com

mun

ity c

ente

r in

the

subu

rbs

to

redu

ce c

onge

stio

n in

the

city

. In

the

new

city

pla

n,

thre

e tra

nspo

rtatio

n ce

nter

s w

ill b

e de

velo

ped.

The

yar

e Ph

ahon

yoth

in, M

akka

san,

and

Tak

sin

cent

ers.

BM

A W

OR

KIN

G T

OW

AR

DS

A B

ETT

ER Q

UA

LIT

Y O

F LI

FEN

ew

Ban

gk

ok

City P

lan

of 2

006-2011 t

o T

ur

n t

he C

apital i

nto

a M

or

e L

ivable C

ity

Fact

orie

s to

be

esta

blis

hed

in th

e su

burb

s m

ust b

e en

viro

nmen

tally

frie

ndly

and

mor

e gr

een

area

s ha

ve

been

des

igna

ted

to c

ontro

l pol

lutio

n.

Traf

fic m

anag

emen

t and

a re

-zon

ing

of la

nd

desi

gnat

ed a

s fl o

od p

reve

ntio

n ar

eas

have

als

o be

en ta

ken

into

con

side

ratio

n, a

s w

ell a

s en

larg

ing

gree

n ar

eas

to e

nsur

e en

viro

nmen

tal p

rote

ctio

n an

d pu

blic

saf

ety.

Doze

ns o

f new

par

ks a

re to

be

laid

out

acr

oss

the

city

to in

crea

se th

e gr

een-

area

-per

-hea

d ra

te to

2.

5 sq

uare

met

ers

per p

erso

n, fr

om th

e ex

istin

g on

e sq

uare

met

er p

er p

erso

n.

Bangkok Metropolitan Administration

80Org

aniz

atio

n

The

exis

ting

inst

itutio

nal

orga

niza

tion

of t

he B

MA

is d

ivid

ed i

nto

3 of

fi ces

,16

dep

artm

ents

and

50

dist

rict o

ffi ce

s (s

ee o

rgan

izatio

n ch

art).

The

3 o

ffi ce

s ac

t re

spec

tivel

y as

the

sec

reta

ry t

o th

e Go

vern

or, t

he B

MA

Coun

cil a

nd t

he C

ivil

Serv

ices

Com

mis

sion

of t

he B

MA.

The

16

Depa

rtmen

ts a

re re

spon

sibl

e re

spec

tivel

y fo

r th

eir

dutie

s as

sign

ed t

o th

em b

y la

ws

whe

reas

the

Dis

trict

Offi

ce a

lso

prov

ides

ser

vice

s re

late

d to

the

city

’s m

entio

ned

func

tions

at t

he d

istri

ct le

vel.

81

Traf

fi c M

anag

emen

t

Traf

fi c M

anag

emen

t: Th

e Ch

atur

atit

Proj

ect

Alle

viat

ing

traffi

c co

nges

tion

acro

ss th

e Ch

ao P

hray

a Ri

ver i

s on

e of

a s

erie

s of

mis

sion

s un

derta

ken

by th

e BM

A at

the

behe

st o

f the

kin

g, w

ho a

dvis

ed th

at a

ll co

ncer

ned

gove

rnm

ent a

genc

ies

shou

ld jo

in h

ands

in

sol

ving

traf

fi c p

robl

ems

in B

angk

ok b

y co

nstru

ctin

g ro

ads,

brid

ges,

and

mak

ing

conn

ectio

ns to

all

othe

r sm

all p

roje

cts

linki

ng in

four

dire

ctio

ns.

One

part

of th

e Ch

atur

atit

proj

ect i

nvol

ved

cons

truct

ion

of a

sig

natu

re c

able

-sta

yed

brid

ge a

cros

s th

e riv

er,

alle

viat

ing

som

e of

the

wor

st b

ottle

neck

s in

cen

tral

and

wes

tern

Ban

gkok

. The

new

brid

ge, n

amed

afte

r Ki

ng R

ama

VIII,

con

nect

s w

ith t

he r

oyal

ly in

itiat

ed

Boro

m R

atch

onna

ni v

ertic

al p

aral

lel e

leva

ted

road

. Th

e si

gnifi

canc

e of

the

com

pone

nts

of th

e Ch

atur

atit

Proj

ect

was

the

im

plem

enta

tion

of a

“sy

stem

atic

ne

twor

k” t

hat

is n

ot li

mite

d to

tra

ffi c

man

agem

ent

in o

ne s

peci

fi c a

rea,

but

rat

her

cont

ribut

es t

o co

mpr

ehen

sive

miti

gatio

n m

easu

res

on a

sys

tem

atic

ba

sis

that

will

hav

e an

effe

ct o

n se

vera

l are

as a

t the

sa

me

time.

Are

a Tr

affi c

Con

trol

(ATC

) Pro

ject

Area

Tra

ffi c

Cont

rol (

ATC)

, or

Urba

n Tr

affi c

Con

trol

(UTC

), is

the

com

pute

r sy

stem

use

d to

che

ck t

he

wor

king

con

ditio

n of

tra

ffi c

equi

pmen

t an

d tra

f-fi c

tim

ing

sign

als

at ju

nctio

ns in

des

igna

ted

area

s,

refl e

ctin

g re

al-ti

me

traffi

c co

nditi

ons.

Phas

e 1:

Co

mpl

eted

and

cov

ers

31 s

q. k

m. i

n in

ner

Bang

kok

Phas

e 2:

W

ork-

in-p

rogr

ess

and

cove

rs 1

50 s

q. k

m.

in m

id B

angk

ok

Traf

fi c D

isci

plin

e an

d Pu

blic

Spi

rit

Prom

otio

n Pr

ojec

t

The

Traf

fi c D

isci

plin

e an

d Pu

blic

Spi

rit P

rom

otio

n Pr

ojec

t is

desi

gned

to s

olve

long

-term

traf

fi c p

robl

ems

by p

rom

otin

g tra

ffi c

disc

iplin

e an

d pu

blic

spi

rit o

n th

e ro

ad b

y:

1. P

ublis

hing

bro

chur

es fo

r ed

ucat

ors

and

stud

ents

fo

r us

e in

the

prim

ary

scho

ol c

urric

ulum

, al

ong

with

a m

obile

traf

fi c y

outh

trai

ning

pro

gram

in B

MA

scho

ols.

2. P

rodu

cing

and

dis

tribu

ting

med

ia t

o th

e pu

blic

th

roug

h do

cum

enta

ries,

radi

o, n

ewsl

ette

rs, e

xhib

its,

post

ers,

bro

chur

es, c

asse

ttes

and

cam

paig

ns.

Bike

Lan

e an

d Bi

cycl

e Us

age

Prom

otio

n Pr

ojec

tTh

is p

roje

ct is

des

igne

d to

miti

gate

traf

fi c p

robl

ems

by

prom

otin

g th

e us

e of

bic

ycle

s as

alte

rnat

ive

mea

ns

of

trans

porta

tion,

w

hich

w

ill

also

sa

ve

ener

gy,

redu

ce p

ollu

tion,

and

dec

reas

e tra

velin

g co

sts.

Curr

ently

, th

ere

are

25 b

icyc

le r

oute

s an

d so

me

bicy

cle

park

ing

lots

are

loca

ted

by p

edes

trian

cro

ssin

g br

idge

s an

d ro

ads

to in

crea

se t

he c

onve

nien

ce o

f bi

cycl

ists

, and

will

be

free

of c

harg

e.

BTS

Ext

ensi

on

The

cabi

net a

ppro

ved

exte

nsio

ns o

f the

BTS

sys

tem

on

Sep

tem

ber 2

3, 1

999.

The

thre

e ex

tens

ions

are

as

follo

ws:

a.) T

he S

ilom

line

ext

ensi

on, w

hich

sta

rts fr

om Ta

ksin

Br

idge

acr

oss

the

Chao

Prh

raya

Riv

er to

Won

gwia

n Ya

i, a

dist

ance

of 2

.2 k

m. T

his

exte

nsio

n, m

anag

ed b

y th

e BM

A, w

ill h

elp

supp

ort t

he m

ass

trans

it ne

eds

of p

eopl

e in

the

wes

tern

par

ts o

f the

city

, pro

vidi

ng

furth

er t

rans

porta

tion

conv

enie

nce

and

help

ing

to

alle

viat

e tra

ffi c

cong

estio

n.

b.) T

he S

ukhu

mvi

t lin

e ex

tens

ion,

whi

ch s

tarts

from

Su

khum

vit 8

1 to

Sam

Ron

g, a

dis

tanc

e of

8.5

km

.

c.)

The

Ram

a 3

line

exte

nsio

n, w

hich

sta

rts f

rom

Ch

ong

Non

Si S

tatio

n to

Ram

a 3

Road

and

end

s at

Sa

tupr

adit

Road

, a d

ista

nce

of 8

.5 k

m.

BM

A A

ND

IN

FR

AST

RU

CT

UR

E D

EV

ELO

PM

EN

T P

RO

JEC

TS

Bangkok Metropolitan Administration

82FU

NC

TIO

NS O

F D

EPA

RT

MEN

TS

Depa

rtmen

t Re

spon

sibl

e fo

rOf

fi ce

of th

e Pe

rman

ent S

ecre

tary

of t

he B

MA

The

supe

rvis

ion

of a

ll pe

rman

ent s

taff,

per

sonn

el m

anag

emen

t and

trai

ning

, bud

getin

g, le

gal a

nd c

ase

wor

k,

adm

inis

tratio

n an

d re

gist

ratio

n, p

ublic

rela

tions

, etc

. It

is th

e ce

ntra

l age

ncy

for c

oord

inat

ing

the

wor

k of

the

depa

rtmen

ts a

nd th

e di

stric

t offi

ces.

Oth

er fu

nctio

ns n

ot s

peci

fi cal

ly th

e re

spon

sibi

lity

of a

noth

er d

epar

tmen

t are

als

o ha

ndle

d by

the

Offi c

e of

the

Perm

anen

t Sec

reta

ry.

Stra

tegy

and

Eva

luat

ion

Depa

rtmen

t W

ork r

elat

ed to

pol

icy a

nd p

lann

ing,

pro

vidin

g st

atist

ical

dat

a an

d te

chni

cal d

ocum

ents

, info

rmat

ion

and

tech

nolo

gy

man

agem

ent a

nd in

tern

atio

nal a

ffairs

. M

edic

al S

ervi

ce D

epar

tmen

t Su

perv

isin

g an

d op

erat

ing

hosp

itals

und

er th

e BM

A.

Heal

th D

epar

tmen

t Ad

min

iste

ring

the

city

’s ex

tens

ive

publ

ic h

ealth

pro

gram

s th

at a

re m

ainl

y co

ncer

ned

with

pre

vent

ing

dise

ase,

dru

g ab

use

and

impr

ovin

g pu

blic

hea

lth a

nd s

anita

tion,

rath

er th

an w

ith tr

eatm

ent.

The

dep

artm

ent f

oste

rs s

ocia

l wel

fare

an

d co

mm

unity

dev

elop

men

t thr

ough

trai

ned

soci

olog

ists

, con

duct

s sc

hool

hea

lth a

nd im

mun

izatio

n pr

ogra

ms,

and

co

oper

ates

in a

ll pr

ojec

ts d

esig

ned

to d

evel

op b

ette

r sta

ndar

ds o

f liv

ing,

suc

h as

prim

ary

heal

th c

are

proj

ects

, fam

ily

plan

ning

pro

gram

s, e

tc.

Mor

eove

r, th

is d

epar

tmen

t is

resp

onsi

ble

for t

he e

xecu

tion

of P

ublic

Hea

lth A

cts,

sup

ervi

sing

in

spec

tors

who

con

trol s

anita

tion

in m

arke

ts a

nd o

ther

pub

lic p

lace

s, g

ivin

g m

edic

al e

xam

inat

ions

and

lice

nses

to

thos

e w

ho c

ome

into

phy

sica

l con

tact

with

the

publ

ic, a

nd p

rovi

ding

vet

erin

aria

n se

rvic

es.

Educ

atio

n De

partm

ent

The

com

puls

ory

educ

atio

n pr

ovid

ed b

y th

e BM

A, tr

aini

ng a

nd s

uper

visi

on o

f BM

A sc

hool

teac

hers

, mai

ntai

ning

BM

A ed

ucat

iona

l fac

ilitie

s an

d op

erat

ing

voca

tiona

l sch

ools

. It

also

fost

ers

the

wor

k of

the

Boy

Scou

ts a

nd th

e Ju

nior

Re

d Cr

oss.

Pu

blic

Wor

ks D

epar

tmen

t De

sign

ing

and

cons

truct

ing,

or s

uper

visi

ng c

onst

ruct

ion

and

reno

vatio

n, b

y pr

ivat

e co

ntra

ctor

s of

the

city

’s ro

ads,

dr

aina

ge s

yste

ms,

ped

estri

an o

verp

asse

s an

d pe

dest

rian

tunn

els,

veh

icle

fl yo

vers

, pub

lic b

uild

ings

, sch

ools

and

ho

spita

ls, b

uild

ing

cont

rols

, sur

veys

of p

ublic

and

priv

ate

land

s an

d ho

usin

g de

sign

s.

Drai

nage

and

Sew

erag

e De

partm

ent

Plan

ning

, con

trolli

ng a

nd c

arry

ing

out w

ork

rela

ted

to w

ater

dra

inag

e, th

e m

aint

enan

ce o

f dra

inag

e sy

stem

s,

the

prev

entio

n of

fl oo

ds a

nd w

ater

trea

tmen

t.En

viro

nmen

t Dep

artm

ent

Envi

ronm

enta

l man

agem

ent,

stud

ying

and

ana

lyzin

g re

sear

ch w

orks

for i

mpr

ovin

g en

viro

nmen

t qua

lity,

mon

itorin

g an

d in

spec

ting

envi

ronm

ent q

ualit

y, an

d re

porti

ng o

n th

e en

viro

nmen

tal s

ituat

ion

and

incr

easi

ng th

e gr

een

area

s of

th

e BM

A.Cu

lture

, Spo

rts a

nd T

ouris

m D

epar

tmen

t Pu

blic

exh

ibiti

ons

and

prov

ides

a v

arie

ty o

f pro

gram

s, s

uch

as tr

aini

ng a

nd th

e sc

hedu

ling

of to

urna

men

ts o

f bot

h sp

orts

and

gam

es fo

r stu

dent

s, a

s w

ell a

s fo

r pub

lic p

layg

roun

ds fo

r chi

ldre

n, y

outh

cen

ters

, pub

lic li

brar

ies,

mus

ic

and

ente

rtain

men

t sho

ws.

Fina

nce

Depa

rtmen

t Fi

nanc

e, m

onet

ary

supp

ly a

nd c

omm

erce

, and

the

mai

nten

ance

of v

ehic

le, m

achi

nery

and

labo

r sav

ing

devi

ces.

De

partm

ent o

f City

Law

Enf

orce

men

t Th

e su

perv

isio

n an

d en

forc

emen

t of b

ylaw

s an

d ot

her r

egul

atio

ns.

Soci

al D

evel

opm

ent D

epar

tmen

t Pl

anni

ng, s

uper

visio

n, m

onito

ring

and

eval

uatio

n of

com

mun

ity d

evel

opm

ent a

ctivi

ties t

hrou

ghou

t the

city

and

supp

ortin

g co

mm

unity

dev

elop

men

t tas

ks a

t the

dis

trict

leve

l.De

partm

ent o

f Tra

ffi c

and

Tran

spor

tatio

n

Traf

fi c m

anag

emen

t and

pro

visi

on o

f tra

nspo

rtatio

n m

odes

and

net

wor

ks in

the

city

of B

angk

ok.

Depa

rtmen

t of C

ity P

lann

ing

De

sign

ing

a m

aste

r pla

n in

term

s of

phy

sica

l pla

nnin

g an

d de

velo

pmen

t of t

he c

ity o

f Ban

gkok

, whi

ch in

clud

es a

nd u

ses

deve

lopm

ent c

ontro

l mea

sure

s, c

ultu

re a

nd c

onse

rvat

ion,

etc

. Fi

re a

nd R

escu

e De

partm

ent

The

man

agem

ent o

f fi re

s an

d re

scue

s in

the

BMA.

The

BMA

Budg

et D

epar

tmen

t Th

e pr

epar

atio

n of

the

budg

et a

nd a

dditi

onal

bud

gets

dur

ing

the

fi sca

l bud

get y

ear o

f the

BM

A, a

nd

supp

ortin

g bu

dget

s fro

m th

e go

vern

men

t, bu

dget

man

agem

ent,

plan

ning

ana

lysi

s, B

MA

fi sca

l ana

lysi

s, e

tc.

83

AR

EA

ZO

NIN

G: 12

CLU

STER

S IN

BA

NG

KO

K

(Sou

rce:

Ban

gkok

Pos

t)

Bang

kok’s

new

com

pact

city

gro

up z

onin

g in

clud

es a

reas

insid

e th

e Ra

tcha

daph

isek

ring

road

tha

t ha

ve t

he p

oten

tial

for

high

-den

sity

dev

elop

men

t, du

e to

the

im

prov

ed b

asic

infra

stru

ctur

e, e

spec

ially

the

mas

s tra

nsit

rail

syst

ems.

Dis

trict

s un

der t

his

grou

p ca

n be

cla

ssifi

ed in

to s

ix c

lust

ers,

as

follo

ws.

1. R

atta

nako

sin

Clus

ter:

(Old

Rat

tana

kosi

n Co

nser

vatio

n Cl

uste

r) Th

e ce

nter

of

gove

rnm

ent a

dmin

istra

tion,

tra

ditio

nal b

usin

ess

deve

lopm

ent

and

an h

isto

rical

to

uris

t des

tinat

ion,

it c

over

s fo

ur d

istri

cts:

Phr

a N

akho

n, P

om P

rap,

Sat

truph

ai,

Sam

phan

thaw

ong

and

Dusi

t.

2. L

umpi

ni C

lust

er: (

Cent

ral B

usin

ess,

Ser

vice

s an

d To

uris

m C

lust

er) T

he c

ente

r fo

r of

fi ces

, nat

iona

l bus

ines

s op

erat

ions

, qua

lity

shop

ping

cen

ters

and

hot

els.

It

cove

rs fo

ur d

istri

cts:

Pat

hum

wan

, Sat

hon,

Ban

g Ra

k an

d Th

awi W

atth

ana.

3. V

ibha

vadi

Clu

ster

: (N

ew E

cono

mic

and

Ser

vice

Cen

ter

and

Hig

h D

ensi

ty

Popu

latio

n Cl

uste

r) T

his

cove

rs s

ix d

istri

cts:

Cha

tuch

ak, B

ang

Sue,

Pha

ya T

hai,

Huai

Khw

ang

and

Ratc

hath

ewi.

The

Chat

ucha

k di

stric

t will

be

the

new

bus

ines

s di

stric

t al

ong

Vibh

avad

i Ra

ngsi

t an

d Ra

tcha

daph

isek

roa

ds,

and

will

als

o in

clud

e th

e Ph

ahon

Yot

hin

trans

port

cent

er. T

he R

atch

athe

wi d

istri

ct w

ill h

ave

anot

her

trans

port

cent

er a

t M

akka

san,

whi

ch w

ill b

e th

e ce

ntra

l lin

k to

the

ne

w S

uvar

nabh

umi A

irpor

t. Ph

aya

Thai

dis

trict

will

be

the

area

for o

ffi ce

s an

d hi

gh-d

ensi

ty re

side

ntia

l dev

elop

men

t.

4. C

haop

haya

Clu

ster

: (N

ew E

cono

mic

Zon

e al

ong

the

Chao

Phr

aya

Rive

r Cl

uste

r) T

his

area

will

abs

orb

the

grow

th f

rom

the

cur

rent

Cen

tral B

usin

ess

Dist

rict a

nd th

e In

dust

rial R

ing

Road

. It c

over

s fi v

e di

stric

ts: K

long

Toe

y, B

ang

Kho

Laem

, Yan

Na

Wa,

Phr

a Kh

anon

g an

d Ba

ng N

a. T

here

will

be

deve

lopm

ent

and

upgr

adin

g of

the

Klo

ng T

oey

port

into

offi

ces

and

a bu

sine

ss a

rea,

as

wel

l as

riv

ersi

de h

otel

s. B

ank

Kho

Laem

and

Yan

Na

Wa

will

be t

he n

ew R

ama

III

econ

omic

zone

, whi

le B

ang

Na.

...

5. T

honb

uri

Clus

ter:

(Old

Tho

nbur

i Co

nser

vatio

n Cl

uste

r) Th

e tra

ditio

nal l

ifest

yle

cent

er a

nd h

isto

rical

tour

ist d

estin

atio

n, it

cov

ers fi

ve

dist

ricts

: Tho

nbur

i, Ban

gkok

Ya

i, Kl

ong

San,

Ban

gkok

Noi

and

Ban

g Ph

lad.

The

re a

re m

any

valu

able

tem

ples

, ch

urch

es a

nd m

osqu

es in

thes

e ar

eas

that

refl e

ct th

e es

tabl

ishm

ent o

f Tho

nbur

i.

6. T

aksi

n Cl

uste

r: (N

ew E

cono

mic

Em

ploy

men

t an

d H

igh

Den

sity

Pop

ulat

ion

Clus

ter)

The

cent

er fo

r tra

nspo

rt an

d go

vern

men

t adm

inis

tratio

n in

the

wes

t of

Bang

kok.

It c

over

s th

ree

dist

ricts

: Pha

si C

haro

en, C

hom

Tho

ng a

nd R

at B

uran

a.

The

fi rst

tw

o di

stric

ts w

ill s

uppo

rt th

e tra

nspo

rt ce

nter

, Tak

sin

cent

er, w

hile

Ra

t Bur

ana

will

be

for t

he d

evel

opm

ent o

f a h

igh

qual

ity re

side

ntia

l are

a al

ong

the

Chao

Phr

aya

Rive

r. Th

e de

velo

pmen

t pl

an f

or s

peci

fi c a

reas

will

cov

er

dist

ricts

out

side

Rat

chad

aphi

sek

Ring

Roa

d, d

esig

natin

g th

em fo

r m

ediu

m a

nd

low

-den

sity

pop

ulat

ions

, ind

ustri

al a

nd fa

rmin

g zo

nes.

7. P

hana

kon

Nue

a Cl

uste

r: (N

orth

east

Ban

gkok

Tra

nsiti

on Z

one,

cov

erin

g fi v

e di

stri

cts)

Ban

g Kh

en, L

ak S

i, Do

n M

uang

, Lat

Phr

ao a

nd S

ai M

ai. T

hese

dis

-tri

cts

are

curr

ently

low

-den

sity

pop

ulat

ion

area

s an

d m

ovin

g th

e in

tern

atio

nal

airp

ort f

rom

Don

Mua

ng w

ill c

erta

inly

impa

ct th

e ro

le o

f the

se a

reas

. The

new

ci

ty p

lan

will

des

igna

te S

apha

n M

ai a

s th

e ce

nter

of t

he s

ubur

ban

com

mun

ity.

8. B

urap

a Cl

uste

r: (S

outh

east

Ban

gkok

Res

iden

tial A

rea,

cov

erin

g si

x di

stri

cts)

Bang

Kap

i, Ka

nnay

ao, W

ang

Thon

glan

g, B

ung

Kum

, Sap

han

Sung

and

Klo

ng

Luan

g. A

ll di

stric

ts a

re c

urre

ntly

the

low

den

sity

pop

ulat

ion

area

s.

9. S

uvin

taw

ong

Clus

ter:

(Far

m a

nd Q

ualit

y Re

side

ntia

l A

rea.

It

cove

rs o

nly

two

dist

rict

s) K

long

Sam

Wa

and

Non

g Ch

ok. B

oth

dist

ricts

are

des

igna

ted

as

farm

are

as u

nder

exi

stin

g pl

anni

ng p

olic

y bu

t wou

ld b

e de

velo

ped

into

qua

lity

resi

dent

ial a

reas

und

er th

e N

ong

Chok

Gar

den

City

pro

ject

.

10.

Srin

akar

in C

lust

er:

(Sub

urba

n Co

mm

unity

aro

und

Suva

rnab

hum

i A

irpo

rt.

This

are

a co

vers

thr

ee d

istr

icts

) La

t Kr

aban

g, M

in B

uri a

nd P

raw

et. T

he L

at

Krab

ang

com

mun

ity c

ente

r will

be d

evel

oped

into

com

mer

cial

and

pub

lic s

ervi

ces

area

s. T

he d

istri

ct w

ill a

lso

beco

me

a lo

gist

ics

cent

er, w

ith t

he d

evel

opm

ent

of th

e In

land

Con

tain

er D

epot

(ICD

).

11. M

ahas

awad

Clu

ster

: (M

ixed

Far

m a

nd Q

ualit

y Re

side

ntia

l A

rea)

cov

erin

g Th

awi W

atth

ana,

Tal

ing

Chan

, Ban

g Ka

e an

d N

ong

Khae

m. F

utur

e de

velo

pmen

t in

thes

e ar

eas

will

follo

w th

e cu

rren

t mod

el.

12. S

anam

chai

Clu

ster

: (Fa

rm, I

ndus

tria

l and

Agr

o-to

uris

m A

rea,

cov

erin

g th

ree

dist

rict

s) B

ang

Khun

Thi

an, B

ang

Bon

and

Thun

g Kh

ru. T

he fi

rst t

wo

dist

ricts

w

ill b

ecom

e in

dust

rial a

nd fa

rm a

reas

, whi

le T

hung

Khr

u w

ill b

e re

side

ntia

l and

fa

rms.

Bangkok Metropolitan Administration

84Sect

ion

Resp

onsi

ble

for

Adm

inis

tratio

n Se

ctio

nGe

nera

l adm

inis

trativ

e w

orks

, per

sonn

el m

anag

emen

t, lo

cal g

over

nanc

e, e

lect

ion,

pub

lic re

latio

ns, d

istri

ct p

lann

ing,

in

form

atio

n sy

stem

, and

any

rela

ted

resp

onsi

bilit

ies.

Regi

stra

tion

Sect

ion

Serv

e th

e pu

blic

in p

rovi

ding

var

ious

regi

stra

tion

serv

ices

incl

udin

g ID

car

d re

gist

ratio

n, c

ivic

regi

stra

tion.

Publ

ic W

orks

Sec

tion

Cons

truct

, mai

ntai

n an

d re

pair

the

BMA

affi l

iate

d sc

hool

s. In

add

ition

, thi

s se

ctio

n su

rvey

and

pla

n fo

r con

stru

ctio

n as

wel

l as

mai

ntai

n an

d im

prov

e se

wag

e sy

stem

, ins

pect

and

con

trol b

uild

ing

cons

truct

ion

as s

peci

fi ed

by th

e BM

A bu

ildin

g co

des.

Envi

ronm

ent a

nd S

anita

tion

Sect

ion

Food

and

mar

ket p

lace

san

itatio

n, g

ener

al s

anita

tion,

as

wel

l as

mai

ntai

n cl

eanl

ines

s an

d or

derli

ness

of f

ood-

vend

ors

as s

peci

fi ed

by th

e he

alth

cod

e.Fi

nanc

e Se

ctio

n

Colle

ctio

n of

the

BMA

taxe

s an

d fe

es in

clud

ing

hous

e an

d bu

ildin

g ta

xes,

loca

l dev

elop

men

t tax

, sig

nboa

rd ta

x an

d an

imal

sla

ught

erin

g ta

x.Pu

blic

Cle

ansi

ng a

nd P

ublic

Par

k Se

ctio

nM

aint

ain

city

cle

anlin

ess,

redu

ce p

ollu

tion

for t

hese

dut

ies

as fo

llow

s; m

aint

ain

city

cle

anlin

ess,

redu

ce p

ollu

tion

and

cons

erve

the

envi

ronm

ent,

garb

age

colle

ctio

n as

wel

l as

mai

ntai

n tre

es a

nd s

hrub

s.Ed

ucat

ion

Sect

ion

Enfo

rcem

ent o

f man

dato

ry e

duca

tion

by s

urve

y th

e ch

ildre

n m

anda

tory

age

and

mak

ing

nece

ssar

y ch

ange

s to

the

BMA

scho

ols.

Fina

nce

Sect

ion

Oper

atin

g an

d co

ntro

lling

cas

h re

ceiv

ed fr

om th

e ca

sh re

gist

er a

nd o

ther

cas

h re

ceiv

ed a

nd a

lso

doin

g le

dger

, rev

enue

re

gist

ratio

n, c

ash

disb

urse

men

t and

mat

eria

l and

equ

ipm

ent p

urch

asin

g. It

s fu

nctio

ns a

re o

n ac

coun

ting,

bud

getin

g,

audi

ting

and

accu

mul

atin

g da

ta b

y co

mpu

ter s

yste

m.

City

Law

Enf

orce

men

t Sec

tion

The

enfo

rcem

ent o

f law

s, c

ity o

rdin

ance

s an

d ot

her r

egul

atio

ns.

Com

mun

ity D

evel

opm

ent a

nd

Com

mun

ity d

evel

opm

ent i

n ge

ogra

phic

, eco

nom

ic, s

ocia

l, hea

lth, q

ualit

y of

life,

hou

sing

man

agem

ent,

slum

impr

ovem

ent,

Soci

al W

elfa

re S

ectio

ned

ucat

ion,

occ

upat

ion

train

ing

and

empl

oym

ent p

rom

otio

n, s

ocia

l ser

vice

s, s

ocia

l wel

fare

and

pub

lic e

xhib

ition

s.

Th

e se

ctio

n ne

eds

to c

oord

inat

e w

ith lo

cal p

eopl

e in

impr

ovin

g co

mm

uniti

es.

FU

NC

TIO

NS O

F D

IST

RIC

TS

85

Peop

le c

an a

cces

s m

ost o

f the

city

ser

vice

s co

nven

ient

ly a

t one

sto

p se

rvic

e ce

nter

s lo

cate

d in

ea

ch o

f Ban

gkok

’s 50

dis

trict

s. M

ajor

ser

vice

s th

at

are

avai

labl

e in

clud

e ho

usin

g re

gist

ratio

n, ID

car

ds,

envi

ronm

enta

l im

pact

occ

upat

ion

perm

its, b

uild

ing

perm

its, n

otar

y pu

blic

s, h

ealth

ben

efi ts

, pub

lic c

lean

ing

serv

ices

, loc

al ta

x pa

ymen

ts, a

nd c

ompl

aint

s.

The

conc

ept o

f “on

e st

op s

ervi

ce”

is q

uite

diff

eren

t fro

m m

ost t

radi

tiona

l gov

ernm

ent o

ffi ce

s. B

MA

cent

ers

are

desi

gned

for p

eopl

e’s

conv

enie

nce,

in

a m

ore

plea

sant

env

ironm

ent:

wel

l-des

igne

d of

fi ces

an

d w

ell-t

rain

ed s

ervi

ce-m

inde

d of

fi cer

s. A

n au

tom

atic

qu

euin

g sy

stem

is u

sed

in o

rder

to g

uara

ntee

equ

al

oppo

rtuni

ty to

acc

ess

BMA

serv

ices

.

The

BMA

aim

s to

ope

n as

man

y ce

nter

s as

nec

essa

ry

with

in 5

0 di

stric

ts to

pro

vide

ser

vice

s to

the

mill

ions

of

peop

le li

ving

thro

ugho

ut B

angk

ok’s

1,60

0 sq

. km

. are

a.

Dist

rict o

ffi ce

s se

rve

as p

art o

f a n

etw

ork

of B

MA’

s sa

telli

te s

ervi

ce c

ente

rs lo

cate

d th

roug

hout

the

city

. Ea

ch d

istri

ct o

ffi ce

pro

vide

s va

rious

kin

ds o

f ser

vice

s,

whi

ch a

re c

ateg

orize

d an

d ad

min

iste

red

by 1

0 se

ctio

ns, d

istri

bute

d th

roug

hout

the

dist

rict o

ffi ce

s.

The

fi rst

“on

e st

op s

ervi

ce”

cent

er w

as o

pene

d at

Raj

athe

vee

dist

rict o

n Ju

ly 2

4, 2

001

and

the

BMA

will

con

tinue

to o

pen

cent

ers

until

all

50 d

istri

cts

are

cove

red.

The

mas

ter p

lan

for t

he c

apita

l foc

uses

on

seve

n ar

eas:

tra

ffi c,

urb

an e

nviro

nmen

t, pu

blic

saf

ety,

edu

catio

n,

qual

ity o

f life

, eco

nom

y an

d ur

ban

deve

lopm

ent.

A Ba

ngko

k M

etro

polit

an A

ssoc

iatio

n Op

erat

ion

Cent

er

(BM

AOC)

was

est

ablis

hed

to g

athe

r inf

orm

atio

n an

d st

atis

tics

on c

ompl

aint

s m

ade

via

BMA

call

cent

ers

and

the

gove

rnor

’s di

stric

t offi

ces.

ON

E ST

OP

SER

VIC

E at B

MA’s

Distr

ic

t O

ffic

es

One

Stop

Ser

vice

at B

ang

Khen

Dis

trict

Offi

ce

Coun

ter S

ervi

ce B

MA

Expr

ess

at S

iam

Par

agon

BM

A E

xpre

ss S

ervi

ce

Bang

kok

is to

day

a fa

st-p

aced

city

and

tim

e is

of

the

esse

nce

for B

angk

okia

ns. T

he B

MA

has

proa

ctiv

ely

impr

oved

its

serv

ices

to th

e pu

blic

by

pro

vidi

ng m

ore

“Con

veni

ence

, Spe

ed a

nd

Com

fort”

. The

se th

ree

area

s ha

ve b

een

cont

inuo

usly

stre

amlin

ed a

nd im

prov

ed

upon

-ena

blin

g a

mor

e m

oder

n an

d cu

stom

er-c

entri

c ap

proa

ch. T

he g

oal o

f th

e BM

A is

sim

ple:

max

imizi

ng c

usto

mer

sa

tisfa

ctio

n.

The

late

st B

MA

serv

ice

is to

offe

r Ban

gkok

co

mm

uter

s m

ore

conv

enie

nce

via

expr

ess

serv

ices

at

3 B

TS s

kytra

in s

tatio

ns. T

hese

ser

vice

s in

clud

e pr

oces

sing

app

licat

ions

for T

hai r

esid

ence

ID

car

ds, a

ppro

val o

f doc

umen

ts fo

r hou

se

regi

stra

tion,

and

oth

er “

pre-

serv

ices

” to

sav

e pe

ople

tim

e w

hen

they

do

go to

BM

A di

stric

t of

fi ces

. In

addi

tion,

the

BMA

expr

ess

serv

ices

ar

e go

od p

lace

s to

pic

k up

mor

e in

form

atio

n on

cur

rent

BM

A ac

tiviti

es a

nd B

MA’

s Ba

ngko

k to

uris

t inf

orm

atio

n.