THIS city ain't big enough for world leaders and stray dogs. Bangkok's infamous soi (lane) dogs are being rounded up as work to spruce up the metropolitan area for the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) summit next month enters its frenzied pace this week.
To impress the Apec leaders, delegates and some 3,000 foreign journalists expected to cover Thailand's biggest-ever global event, the Bangkok Metropolitan Authority (BMA) is also relocating vagrants who sleep on pavements besides brightening up buildings with fresh coats of paint, clearing garbage dumps and de-clogging canals.