In order to safeguard the students of Satriwithaya School in Bangkok, the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has erected fences around a number of deserted buildings that have been used as makeshift homes by the city’s homeless.

 

This measure follows the widespread online sharing of worrying images portraying homeless individuals occupying spaces on Ratchadamnoen Klang Avenue, near the school.

 

Countering concerns raised by a multitude of parents regarding their children’s security, Ekwaranyu Amrapan, spokesperson for the BMA, announced yesterday that personnel from the Phra Nakhon District Office have surveyed the area around the school and constructed fences around several abandoned structures nearby. One structure was the Suksapan shop, a government-owned stationery store that was decommissioned in February 2019.

 

To further improve conditions in the area, the district office commissioned a group of street sweepers last Saturday to dispose of waste littering the area and thoroughly cleanse it. Amrapan specified that the primary concern driving parents was the fact that children were obliged to pass by these homeless communities on their way to catch a bus or while waiting for their parents to collect them after school.

Amidst this, some well-wishers were found providing food to the homeless at night. Speaking to this, Amrapan pointed out that the BMA had designated two spots close by as official locations for arranging food donations.

 

by Mitch Connor

Picture courtesy of Thatri Jintawijit Facebook.

 

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1 hour ago, webfact said:

Amidst this, some well-wishers were found providing food to the homeless at night.

It works for soi dogs, right?

2 hours ago, Bert got kinky said:

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It finally makes sense.... I always wondered how there could possibly be a country where everybody believes in ghosts. When all this time, on each occasion somebody has apparently been talking to me about ghosts, they were actually referring to homeless people.  Even I believe in homeless people!

17 hours ago, webfact said:

In order to safeguard the students of Satriwithaya School in Bangkok, the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has erected fences around a number of deserted buildings that have been used as makeshift homes by the city’s homeless.

Again not getting to the root of the problem, just fencing it off.

I've always liked thai ghosts, 

She's welcome around anytime!