Chadchart gives himself 5 out of 10

Bangkok governor Chadchart Sittipunt. (Photo: Somchai Poomlard)
Bangkok governor Chadchart Sittipunt. (Photo: Somchai Poomlard)

Bangkok governor Chadchart Sittipunt has given himself five out of 10 for his performance in his first year in office.

He was speaking at City Hall on Tuesday.

When asked by reporters to rate his performance as governor, he gave himself a five out of 10 because of 11 policies that he had been unable to deliver.

Among the undelivered policies were traffic and urban economic management, Mr Chadchart said.

He also admitted problems arose involving work between the governor team and City Hall officials. "The officials may have found we're moving a little too quickly," the governor added.

More technology will be introduced to facilitate public services, he said.

Mr Chadchart said he was adamant his work in the remaining three years as governor would exceed public expectations.

A Nida poll on June 4 found that 75% of respondents were happy with Mr Chadchart's performance, 47% were quite happy, and 27% were very happy. However, 14% said they were quite unhappy, whereas 10% said they were very unhappy.

Learn from listening

Click play to listen to audio for this story, or download to save the file
: :

Vocabulary

  • adamant: determined not to change  your belief or decision about something - ยืนกราน
  • arise (past form: arose): to happen as a result of a particular situation - เกิดขึ้น
  • exceed: to be more than something; to go beyond a limit - เกินกว่าที่กำหนด
  • facilitate: to make it possible or easier for something to happen - ทำให้สะดวกขึ้น
  • governor: a person who is chosen to be in charge of the government of a state or province or a government agency - ผู้ว่าการรัฐ, ผู้ว่าราชการจังหวัด
  • performance (noun): the standard to which someone/something does something - การกระทำ, การแสดง, การทำให้บรรลุผลสำเร็จ
  • policy (noun): a set of plans or action agreed on by a government, political party, business, or other group - นโยบาย
  • rate: to make a measurement/estimate of how good, popular, appropriate, etc. someone or something is - ประเมิน
  • respondent (noun): someone who answers questions - ผู้ตอบคำถาม/แบบสำรวจ
  • urban: connected with towns and cities - เขตเมือง
Do you like the content of this article?
COMMENT
MORE IN SECTION