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	Deputy BMA governor Thaya Teepasuwan, said the BMA has taken a 30-year lease on the 4.3-rai plot, once home to the Mansri Waterworks, from the bureau.</div>
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	She said the three-storey building that used to house the waterworks office would be developed into a shelter to accommodate no more than 200 homeless people a day.</div>
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	She said homeless people would be registered and screened on a daily basis to be eligible for the accommodation.</div>
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	The modifications to the three-storey building for housing the homeless and for providing career training to them would be completed by October 1.</div>
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	She said the homeless would receive career training from the Social Development Department of the BMA.</div>
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	The deputy governor added that the six-storey building in the compound would be renovated and would serve as new offices for several BMA agencies, including the BMA University, the Health Forensic Office of the Health Department, and Merit System Development Office. The renovation of the six-storey building is expected to be completed in early January.</div>
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	She said the old water tank would be turned into an observation tower.</div>

BMA to house 200 homeless people a day at new shelter

The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration will provide shelter to about 200 homeless people a day at the former waterworks office it has leased from the Crown Property Bureau.