Vendors outside Bangkok malls given deadline to clear out

[webfact]

Vendors outside Bangkok malls given deadline to clear out

By The Nation

 

FILE photo

 

The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) on Monday gave about 100 street vendors another 14 days to continue selling their wares in front of Central Lat Phrao and The One malls, after which they must remove their stalls so pedestrians can use the footpaths unimpeded.
 

In response to complaints about the stalls blocking pavements and even intruding onto the roadway, the State Railway of Thailand, which owns the land, authorised the BMA to regulate the area.

 

Bangkok Deputy Governor Sakolthee Pattiyakul said the vendors have two weeks to wrap up their business before a ban on footpath stalls is enforced.

 

Failure to heed the ban could result in a fine of Bt2,000 per day under the Maintenance of the Cleanliness and Orderliness of the Country Act 2535 (1992).

 

Pledging to return to inspect the area on Thursday (May 24), Sakolthee said the vendors must have been paying bribes to be allowed to intrude on public space for so long, but the State Railway

 

and Chatuchak District Office insist their officials are not involved in any graft.

 

Sakolthee pointed out that the city has nothing to gain by stepping in, other than restoring orderliness.

 

He said if this area can be successfully regulated, the pavements in front of five or six other malls would also be cleared of hawkers.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30345990

 

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[rkidlad]

7 minutes ago, webfact said:

Sakolthee said the vendors must have been paying bribes to be allowed to intrude on public space for so long

 

7 minutes ago, webfact said:

Chatuchak District Office insist their officials are not involved in any graft

Well if they aren't guilty of corruption, they are guilty of negligence of duty. But who cares, right?

[YetAnother]

23 minutes ago, webfact said:

Sakolthee pointed out that the city has nothing to gain by stepping in, other than restoring orderliness.

shows the high regard this guy has for Order; order is the lower profile but nonetheless vital youngest brother of Law and Order

[Enoon]

 

Extreme left of photo.

 

Minnie Mouse?

 

 

Edited May 22, 2018 by Enoon

[electric]

The street vendors are part of the experience of Thailand for me, but I certainly agree that in too many places it's out of control completely, so this is a good start.

 

I stay at BKK Centre Point Silom Hotel often, and the 250m walk to the Saphan Taksin BTS station is down to single file pedestrians only due to the clutter of vendors on the footpath. It's utter chaos and quite ridiculous.

[over2you]

1 hour ago, electric said:

The street vendors are part of the experience of Thailand for me, but I certainly agree that in too many places it's out of control completely, so this is a good start.

 

I stay at BKK Centre Point Silom Hotel often, and the 250m walk to the Saphan Taksin BTS station is down to single file pedestrians only due to the clutter of vendors on the footpath. It's utter chaos and quite ridiculous.

Sukhmvit Soi 4 Nana from the Police Box to the entrance to Nana Entertainment takes some navigating. Appears to have been excluded from the Sukhmvit scheme to "Give the footpaths back to the people"

Amazing Thailand.

Disneyland - but the rides are better.

5555 

[digger70]

This is all good and well ,But what about the rest off the country,,,,, It Needs Cleaning up too,,,,

[superal]

25 minutes ago, over2you said:

Sukhmvit Soi 4 Nana from the Police Box to the entrance to Nana Entertainment takes some navigating. Appears to have been excluded from the Sukhmvit scheme to "Give the footpaths back to the people"

Amazing Thailand.

Disneyland - but the rides are better.

5555 

Quite agree , however the state of the pavements are poor with serious snags and holes plus the spaghetti type electrical wiring hangs down to head height in places . The street vendors often have several tables and chairs on the pavement for sit down customers and do not give a toss that they are making the public walk in the road. Having said all that it maybe safer walking on the road . Pavements certainly not wheelchair friendly .

[quandow]

Going to the U.S. embassy is always a nuisance, trying to navigate around the street vendors.

[jacko45k]

I wish they would do the same in Pattaya on the 2nd Rd entrance to Central Festival. 

Nearly impossible to get into the Mall for them. If I want to shop I would much rather do it in the AC, and the sooner the better!

[wotsdermatter]

6 hours ago, webfact said:

He said if this area can be successfully regulated

The operative word is - If - but should be - When.

[grumbleweed]

7 hours ago, webfact said:

Sakolthee said the vendors must have been paying bribes to be allowed to intrude on public space for so long

Unfounded and malicious accusations. How on earth did he come to that conclusion? 

Edited May 22, 2018 by grumbleweed

[mok199]

next months headline ''probe launched into vendors defiance''

[Cadbury]

4 hours ago, over2you said:

Sukhmvit Soi 4 Nana from the Police Box to the entrance to Nana Entertainment takes some navigating. Appears to have been excluded from the Sukhmvit scheme to "Give the footpaths back to the people"

Amazing Thailand.

Disneyland - but the rides are better.

5555 

A poor fellow was killed a few years ago because he could not walk on the footpath of Soi 4 because of the food stalls on the footpath and he had to step onto the road. He was whacked in the back of the head by an extended large rear-view mirror of a minivan. Dead on the spot.

The leader promised he would fix the pavement problems; just like Bangkok's drainage problems and every other problem that Thailand has right down to twerking. He is the consummate master of broken promises. The people don't refer to him as Pinocchio for no reason.

[Redline]

14 hours ago, webfact said:

He said if this area can be successfully regulated, the pavements in front of five or six other malls would also be cleared of hawkers.

IF 

So, if they don’t leave, they stay,  and no more streets cleared-crackdown over ?

Edited May 22, 2018 by Redline

[mercman24]

totally agree with soi 4 problem and that  food stall outside of KS bar. with seating on the pavement, and with a pole blocking the way, also and those dam scooters parked on both sides of the road,need moving, the buses serving the hotels in soi 4 , its a nightmare for them..