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(Bangkok Post) Transparent garbage bins are now being installed at all public parks here, as one of the stepped up security measures following the deadly bomb attacks in the Thai capital on New Year's Eve, Bangkok governor Apirak Kosayodhin said Sunday.

The see-through containers are meant to preclude the secreting of bombs and suspicious parcels in the city's trash bins.

Replacing the old ones which are fabricated from metal and thoroughly non-transparent, 200 new garbage bins have been installed at four major public parks, Mr. Apirak said, adding that each bin's capacity is 20 litres and that it costs from 550тАУ590 baht each.

He said the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) planned to install altogether 2,000 transparent garbage bins at all 22 public parks here by the end of next week.

Also, in order to boost security, BMA workers will collect garbage discarded by households more often and there will be no large-sized garbage bins on footpaths of main roads, he said. Garbage bins at bus stops here will also be re-designed and, of course, and be replaced with transparent ones in the near future.

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