Bangkok's Silom Road Turns Into Walking Street Fair

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People expected to join walking street on Silom Rd to help affected operators

BANGKOK (NNT) -- Permanent Secretary for Commerce Yanyong Poungrat invites people to join the walking street, set at Silom Road with the hope to stimulate economy and assist business operators affected by political protest.

Mr Yanyong stated that the walking street had been set at Silom Rd to Narathiwat Rd during 28-29 May 2010, 10.00-19.00 hrs. More than 700 hundred booths of the protest affected operators will display their quality products on sale at low prices.

These operators are the affected group from the riot around Ratchaprasong, Pratunam, Victory Monument and Silom. The Commerce Ministry has provided the location at Impact Arena for some other 200 businesses as well with the cooperation from Bangkok Metropolitan Administration, the Royal Thai Police and the Tourism and Sports Ministry.

A throng of shoppers are expected at the event to help all operators to survive from this crisis. Hundred million THB are foreseen to circulate within this function.

-- NNT 2010-05-28

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[Colabamumbai]

Go to Silom Road today spend a few bucks and support the vendors, vehicle traffic should be light with the holiday.

[givenall]

Go to Silom Road today spend a few bucks and support the vendors, vehicle traffic should be light with the holiday.

It is time to show the world Bangkok is back

[LJW]

operators will display their quality products on sale at low prices

Quality Products at Low Prices

[DocJohnnie99]

Go to Silom Road today spend a few bucks and support the vendors, vehicle traffic should be light with the holiday.

Nice idea. Spend a few MORE 'bucks' than the Thais are charged, do you mean? Spend maybe triple the price, now that they have to make up for their people's actions? Hmmm ... I think I will stay at home and let the tourists be ripped off even more than normal.

[DocJohnnie99]

operators will display their quality products on sale at low prices

Quality Products at Low Prices

Show me the quality! ....er show me the low prices 555

[needforspeed]

Go to Silom Road today spend a few bucks and support the vendors, vehicle traffic should be light with the holiday.

It is time to show the world Bangkok is back

Back to nothing is still nothing, we need a little bit more than a fair to be back my friend.

Edited May 28, 2010 by needforspeed

[Hawk]

operators will display their quality products on sale at low prices

Usually its very poor quality products at high prices.

[alex_aka_P]

Why so many idiotic, hatred and childish comments here??

The people are REALLY affected. The busineeses are REALLY need support. And all of those workers are not the ones who made problems - now they just need to survive after the terror right below their windows. Those who dislike the red's actions - please just come and sue them, it is ANOTHER story for ANOTHER topic!

Talking about "bangkok should be back" - but very ironic in every step on this long way...??

A very nice "support" from all of you, yeah, who dare to call this land "a home"...

Shame on you all. Get back to your holes and dont bark on the wind, if unable to say something more meaningful.

Edited May 28, 2010 by alex_aka_P

[Svadhistana]

A good chance for terrorists?

[alex_aka_P]

A good chance for terrorists?

Mmm....I dont think so. There will be too crowded for someone's "hidden activity", ecept they decided to use "shakhid style" (which is not thai style at all).

[snakestick]

Eye think it's a good idea 2 help da people affected by da recent terrorism in bkk. Eye might go and bye some stuff. My wife needs some shoes & clothes. she told me their's some really super good prices over there, like 80% off in some cases and da good are knot low quality like you wood see from da typical street vendors in pat pong and sukhumvit and da platinum and pratunam. she said these r stuff from da central world and such

[Koh_Falang]

Why so many idiotic, hatred and childish comments here??

The people are REALLY affected. The busineeses are REALLY need support. And all of those workers are not the ones who made problems - now they just need to survive after the terror right below their windows. Those who dislike the red's actions - please just come and sue them, it is ANOTHER story for ANOTHER topic!

Talking about "bangkok should be back" - but very ironic in every step on this long way...??

A very nice "support" from all of you, yeah, who dare to call this land "a home"...

Shame on you all. Get back to your holes and dont bark on the wind, if unable to say something more meaningful.

agree...

its a fair assumption that most of you posters earn lots more then the average vendor... would it hurt you to show a little support?

Thats the thing i dont like about Thailand... the quality of the character of people it attracts isnt very good a lot of the time...

[Gigabyte]

I do agree that the businesses need to recover and they must have tons of stuff to sell at discount price to help their cash flow problems, but do we really need another congested area in this busy district? I thought that streets closure and inconveniences to general public were all over? Why not use Lumpini park or another place where closing streets won't cause headaches to people trying to go/leave home?

[chuang]

Why so many idiotic, hatred and childish comments here??

Shame on you all. Get back to your holes and dont bark on the wind, if unable to say something more meaningful.

So you have finally noticed there are idiots abound here....

[DocJohnnie99]

Why so many idiotic, hatred and childish comments here??

The people are REALLY affected. The busineeses are REALLY need support. And all of those workers are not the ones who made problems - now they just need to survive after the terror right below their windows. Those who dislike the red's actions - please just come and sue them, it is ANOTHER story for ANOTHER topic!

Talking about "bangkok should be back" - but very ironic in every step on this long way...??

A very nice "support" from all of you, yeah, who dare to call this land "a home"...

Shame on you all. Get back to your holes and dont bark on the wind, if unable to say something more meaningful.

agree...

its a fair assumption that most of you posters earn lots more then the average vendor... would it hurt you to show a little support?

Thats the thing i dont like about Thailand... the quality of the character of people it attracts isnt very good a lot of the time...

I think it is more that the character of the people who come to live here is shaped by the overcharging of foreigners by these stall holders, among other things. Sure, we earn more, but we pay more too. A follower of the Buddhist philosophy once said to me (translated) "What goes around, comes around". Charge us more, and why should we support them 'more' when they struggle? To be charged thrice the price?

[lucjoker]

Why so many idiotic, hatred and childish comments here??

The people are REALLY affected. The busineeses are REALLY need support. And all of those workers are not the ones who made problems - now they just need to survive after the terror right below their windows. Those who dislike the red's actions - please just come and sue them, it is ANOTHER story for ANOTHER topic!

Talking about "bangkok should be back" - but very ironic in every step on this long way...??

A very nice "support" from all of you, yeah, who dare to call this land "a home"...

Shame on you all. Get back to your holes and dont bark on the wind, if unable to say something more meaningful.

Ask help from people you respect !

Surely not the farang !

And as long they call me farang ,

i call them "china-man"

For the rest i dont interfere with politics,

get a life or work.

[Togo]

GRO's (guest relation officers) should drop their prices too..

[uptownbob]

who are some of these drones who always take the negative no matter what the topic on this site?

they slag off the thais yet they live here...if it's so sorry arse why do they stay?

i bet the reality is that they're nobodies at the bottom of the heap in their own countries, probably U.K so feel some sense of inflated self-importance here where it's only the money they spend on the "GF" etc that makes them feel a sense of false self importance.

The thais have their way of doing things but if you're always criticisinge then the burning question must be " why don't you leave?"

[DocJohnnie99]

Why so many idiotic, hatred and childish comments here??

The people are REALLY affected. The busineeses are REALLY need support. And all of those workers are not the ones who made problems - now they just need to survive after the terror right below their windows. Those who dislike the red's actions - please just come and sue them, it is ANOTHER story for ANOTHER topic!

Talking about "bangkok should be back" - but very ironic in every step on this long way...??

A very nice "support" from all of you, yeah, who dare to call this land "a home"...

Shame on you all. Get back to your holes and dont bark on the wind, if unable to say something more meaningful.

Ask help from people you respect !

Surely not the farang !

And as long they call me farang ,

i call them "china-man"

For the rest i dont interfere with politics,

get a life or work.

I have to agree, reluctantly. Did anyone here seriously and honestly ever here us called 'farang' in a positive way? Not if you answer honestly. Respect? For us? Not in a million years. Respect for our purchasing power, every time. They're not a bad people at all, but they are not as pure as the driven snow as some of you long timers seem to think.

[DocJohnnie99]

who are some of these drones who always take the negative no matter what the topic on this site?

they slag off the thais yet they live here...if it's so sorry arse why do they stay?

i bet the reality is that they're nobodies at the bottom of the heap in their own countries, probably U.K so feel some sense of inflated self-importance here where it's only the money they spend on the "GF" etc that makes them feel a sense of false self importance.

The thais have their way of doing things but if you're always criticisinge then the burning question must be " why don't you leave?"

And this is the funniest post I have seen in years. 'Bottom of the heap' ... 'leave' ... all the old phrases to excuse a people who are unwilling to accept new ideas or cultural integration.

Remember when all the teachers here had to go on Thai Culture courses? Do the Thai teachers go on Other Cultures Courses? Oops. No.

There's nothing wrong with Thai people, but let's recognise the hype from the reality.

[TheWalkingMan]

Good to see the people trying to get back on their feet, but it reminded me of something. I bought a belt from a vendor and before the purchase I told him that his price seemed a little high. He responded that there are no customers... You can bet that some, not all, of the vendors will use this event to capture monies they feel they are due.

I think everyone wants the people to get back to business, but no one wants to be the person paying extra.

Those who can go, have fun and post some pictures!

TheWalkingMan

[DocJohnnie99]

GRO's (guest relation officers) should drop their prices too..

@Togo - they're cheap as chips towards the end of each month

[siam2007]

Why so many idiotic, hatred and childish comments here??

The people are REALLY affected. The busineeses are REALLY need support. And all of those workers are not the ones who made problems - now they just need to survive after the terror right below their windows. Those who dislike the red's actions - please just come and sue them, it is ANOTHER story for ANOTHER topic!

Talking about "bangkok should be back" - but very ironic in every step on this long way...??

A very nice "support" from all of you, yeah, who dare to call this land "a home"...

Shame on you all. Get back to your holes and dont bark on the wind, if unable to say something more meaningful.

I couldn't agree more !!!

the typical pathetic Farang moaners, whose brains have been severely damaged by consuming too many CHANG and SINGHA every day !

many of the vendors at Silom today are supposed to be from the SIAM SQUARE area, and there are a lot of STYLISH and UP-TO-DATE fashion shops or art and artist's products to be had usually.

Apart from that, today is one of the very rare days where I am even receptive to buy some "knick-knack", just to support those people affected by redshirt-hooligans.

I am OFF to Silom in less than one hour, stopping at Queen Sirikhit Center for the BANGKOK POST TRAVEL FAIR on the way, and I would be more than happy to see very few of those ridiculous Farang moaners, instead see many smiling faces of local residents, visiting tourists and of course, vendors, all with a "YES WE CAN - REBUILD BANGKOK AND IT'S REPUTATION" - attitude.

KHOR HAI CHOK DEE THUK KHON THAI !

[DocJohnnie99]

Why so many idiotic, hatred and childish comments here??

The people are REALLY affected. The busineeses are REALLY need support. And all of those workers are not the ones who made problems - now they just need to survive after the terror right below their windows. Those who dislike the red's actions - please just come and sue them, it is ANOTHER story for ANOTHER topic!

Talking about "bangkok should be back" - but very ironic in every step on this long way...??

A very nice "support" from all of you, yeah, who dare to call this land "a home"...

Shame on you all. Get back to your holes and dont bark on the wind, if unable to say something more meaningful.

I couldn't agree more !!!

the typical pathetic Farang moaners, whose brains have been severely damaged by consuming too many CHANG and SINGHA every day !

many of the vendors at Silom today are supposed to be from the SIAM SQUARE area, and there are a lot of STYLISH and UP-TO-DATE fashion shops or art and artist's products to be had usually.

Apart from that, today is one of the very rare days where I am even receptive to buy some "knick-knack", just to support those people affected by redshirt-hooligans.

I am OFF to Silom in less than one hour, stopping at Queen Sirikhit Center for the BANGKOK POST TRAVEL FAIR on the way, and I would be more than happy to see very few of those ridiculous Farang moaners, instead see many smiling faces of local residents, visiting tourists and of course, vendors, all with a "YES WE CAN - REBUILD BANGKOK AND IT'S REPUTATION" - attitude.

KHOR HAI CHOK DEE THUK KHON THAI !

Quite right! I couldn't agree more too! But let's not forget that some of the workers were involved and the rest did nothing to dissuade the protesters. It's great to think we can help rebuild the slightly damaged city (and for goodness's sake - it is slight) - but wouldn't it be nice if the whole world could rely on others to repair their countries when they themselves wrecked it in the first place?

[Charger770]

Why so many idiotic, hatred and childish comments here??

The people are REALLY affected. The busineeses are REALLY need support. And all of those workers are not the ones who made problems - now they just need to survive after the terror right below their windows. Those who dislike the red's actions - please just come and sue them, it is ANOTHER story for ANOTHER topic!

Talking about "bangkok should be back" - but very ironic in every step on this long way...??

A very nice "support" from all of you, yeah, who dare to call this land "a home"...

Shame on you all. Get back to your holes and dont bark on the wind, if unable to say something more meaningful.

Agree. Do folks really think they've said something innovative with comments like "The quality will probably be rubbish", and "the Thai's will just try to rip everyone off" etc etc.

You live here because you're weak negative attitude wasn't tolerated in your own country. You know who you are.

[robint]

Who famously said

" We don't need help from westerners, Thai people can help themselves"

and also said

" We don,t need foreigners to teach our children, Thai teachers can teach English themselves"

Silom Fair is for Thai people, Falangs go home we don't want your criticism

[siam2007]

Why so many idiotic, hatred and childish comments here??

The people are REALLY affected. The busineeses are REALLY need support. And all of those workers are not the ones who made problems - now they just need to survive after the terror right below their windows. Those who dislike the red's actions - please just come and sue them, it is ANOTHER story for ANOTHER topic!

Talking about "bangkok should be back" - but very ironic in every step on this long way...??

A very nice "support" from all of you, yeah, who dare to call this land "a home"...

Shame on you all. Get back to your holes and dont bark on the wind, if unable to say something more meaningful.

Agree. Do folks really think they've said something innovative with comments like "The quality will probably be rubbish", and "the Thai's will just try to rip everyone off" etc etc.

You live here because you're weak negative attitude wasn't tolerated in your own country. You know who you are.

"You know who you are" <<<--- Farang Redshirt-supporters most probably, who can not stand the thought that Bangkok people (both Thai and Farang) work together to give back this exciting city its dignity and reputation....

[Randee]

Edited May 28, 2010 by Randee

[sausageandmash]

and "I" think it would be a better idea if you were to spend your money at an English language school on Silom to improve your spelling and knock some of that Gansta ©rap out of your vocabulary

Eye think it's a good idea 2 help da people affected by da recent terrorism in bkk. Eye might go and bye some stuff. My wife needs some shoes & clothes. she told me their's some really super good prices over there, like 80% off in some cases and da good are knot low quality like you wood see from da typical street vendors in pat pong and sukhumvit and da platinum and pratunam. she said these r stuff from da central world and such