Has my sex tourist friend found a loop hole?

[webfact]

 

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The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has introduced new rules to regulate street vendors, aiming to clear pavements and create more organised, hawker-centre-style areas. The policy restricts vendor activities to specific zones, part of a larger scheme to improve public space management in the Thai capital.

 

Under these rules, only "poor Thais" are permitted to be vendors, with restrictions on employing migrants. To qualify, applicants must be Thai citizens meeting at least one criterion: possessing a state welfare card, participating in the Baan Mankong housing scheme, or receiving aid from the Ministry of Social Development and Human Security.

 

Vendors can acquire a one-year permit to operate, but must later prove their annual income does not exceed 300,000 baht via income tax filings. First-time filers are given a grace period to begin compliance. Those earning above this threshold will forfeit the right to operate unless the BMA revises the income cap.

Approval falls under district offices' purview, prioritising vendors already in the tax system. In crowded areas, a lottery will determine vendor selection. The BMA will routinely assess vending zones' suitability to prevent disruption of street and traffic flow, maintaining pedestrian safety.

 

Stall guidelines prohibit obstruction of public areas like footbridges or bus stops, ensuring a clear path of 1.5 to 2 metres for pedestrians. Each stall is limited to three square metres and must not block street-side pavements, with an emergency exit every ten stalls.

 

Bangkok Governor Chadchart Sittipunt aspires to eventually relocate vendors to dedicated hawker centres, akin to Singapore. While current vending zones won't expand, some 10,000 streets traders have already moved, with efforts towards establishing these centres ongoing.

 

-- 2024-10-11

 

[GammaGlobulin]

Someday, with too many vendor rules....

 

BKK and CM will become almost as sterile as today's OSAKA, Japan.

 

Many years ago, Japan had street food.

 

Now, don't even think about it.

 

Is this what we wish for Thailand?

 

 

[redwood1]

 Bangkok is World famous for its street food...

 

For some reason they seem determined to get rid of all street food in Bangkok by regulating it to death....Their favorite buzz word is Safety...... Safety this Safety that....Rules on top of rules until Bangkok has no more street food....

 

At least for now they are mostly leaving the street food sellers outside of Bangkok alone....But in the future I bet this will change....

 

They want to create a barren. soulless, sterile urban landscape similar to Singapore.....

[CharlieH]

Sp, 24,000 a month is "poor"people? When the average working wage is around 15,000 and I think minimum wage is around 12,000 

Seems like the government thinks the majority of the population are "poor " and that's no restriction at all then on who can sell food.

 

Don't make sense as usual !

[mokwit]

35 minutes ago, redwood1 said:

 Bangkok is World famous for its street food...

 

For some reason they seem determined to get rid of all street food in Bangkok by regulating it to death....Their favorite buzz word is Safety...... Safety this Safety that....Rules on top of rules until Bangkok has no more street food....

 

At least for now they are mostly leaving the street food sellers outside of Bangkok alone....But in the future I bet this will change....

 

They want to create a barren. soulless, sterile urban landscape similar to Singapore.....

The Thais will tell you it is to force you into buying from 7-11.

[Celsius]

Finally getting rid of slop

[Tropicalevo]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

Under these rules, only "poor Thais" are permitted to be vendors,

 

And where do 'poor Thais' get the money from to set it all up?

The 'aid' that is mentioned in the article rarely has any cash left over for savings.

Those folk usually live hand to mouth.

Oh - silly me. I forgot - loan sharks where they only pay a gazillion baht a day in interest.

[lordgrinz]

2 hours ago, mokwit said:

The Thais will tell you it is to force you into buying from 7-11.

 

Tough call, buy at 7-11, or try your luck at the Hepatitis-A street food vendor table....."Hmmm, do I feel lucky?"

[thesetat2013]

6 hours ago, GammaGlobulin said:

Someday, with too many vendor rules....

 

BKK and CM will become almost as sterile as today's OSAKA, Japan.

 

Many years ago, Japan had street food.

 

Now, don't even think about it.

 

Is this what we wish for Thailand?

 

 

I agree.. As it stands now. Only a poor person can make and operate a street side food cart. They must follow the new rules where they can sell their food, and they must remain poor with an income of less than 300,000 baht annually. Which means.. If reporting their income, they will lose their business in the first year if they make good food. Faster if the police fine them for selling in the wrong place. What hope is there to remain in this type of business? If they actually followed the new laws regarding this type of business. 

[RandolphGB]

It would be nice if these laws were enforced, but they won't be. 

 

Street food stalls add to traffic congestion, create safety risks for drivers and pedestrians, damage pavements, add to pollution in the drains, spread unhygienic food, are untaxed and other issues.

 

 

[ThaiFelix]

6 hours ago, webfact said:

new rules to regulate street vendors, aiming to clear pavements

Damn good idea, theres just not enough room on the footpaths for all the motor bikes making them very unsafe.

[Muhendis]

7 hours ago, GammaGlobulin said:

Someday, with too many vendor rules....

 

BKK and CM will become almost as sterile as today's OSAKA, Japan.

 

Many years ago, Japan had street food.

 

Now, don't even think about it.

 

Is this what we wish for Thailand?

 

 

 

Make the pavements bigger and ban all non-electric vehicles........😀