BMA aims to ease filming woes

Bangkok governor Chadchart Sittipunt has ordered all district offices in Bangkok and the City Law Enforcement Department to speed up processing times for foreign film shoot applications.

Applications for shoots in public areas should be processed within three days or seven days for public parks.

Mr Chadchart said yesterday that Tourism Department director-general Chaturon Phakdiwanich had raised complaints by foreign filmmakers with City Hall that shooting productions in Bangkok were made difficult by official protocol.

Many claimed the application process takes…