Silom Cleared of Vendors

[Lite Beer]

Silom Cleared of Vendors

BANGKOK: -- Bang Rak district officials, accompanied by police and military personnel today began clearing footpaths on both sides of Silom road of vendors and street stalls.

Led by Pol Maj-Gen Wichai Sangprapai, an advisor to Bangkok Governor Sukhumbhand Paribatra, the eviction followed an end of the two-month reprieve given to the footpath vendors since the imposition of the trading ban on Silom during the day time.

During the two- month period, the city administration tried to find new locations for the vendors so they have a place to do business. Altogether 244 out of 286 vendors have been secured with new trading venues.

Trading on Silom footpaths is prohibited throughout the day but it is permissible at night from 7 pm until two am of the following day.

After the footpaths are cleared of vendors and stalls, Silom will be turned into a walking street, said city officials, adding that the next targets after Sillom are Tha Tien, Tha Chang and Bobae market.

Source: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/silom-cleared-vendors/

-- Thai PBS 2014-11-02

[Living in a cartoon]

Good.

Silom is a zoo on the sidewalks, they need to get rid of it 24 hours a day.

I don't know what the solution is as far as workers getting cheap street food or the suppliers, or the trinket and clothes vendors, but it is not what sidewalks are for.

Get rid of the motorbike taxis and massage touts too.

Now I am vented. Thanks for reading.

[djhotsox]

What does he mean by "Silom will be turned into a Walking Street"???

Please tell me they aren't modelling Silom Road after the infamous WS in Pattaya?!

[ChrisY1]

To allow them back at 7pm, is almost the same as letting them trade as usual.......it won't be long untill they start setting up at 5, then 3.....and so on.

They should be banned all the time.....people say it adds character to BKK......I say they're dirty, grubby, rat infested stalls that continue to throw all the garbage, oils washing water, down the drains!

[clockman]

Time will tell! but judging by the past?

[Searat7]

Daytime food vendors will be missed by many people which might cause a policy adjustment....as for the night vendors...several years ago the vendors along side the buildings were allowed to set up earlier than those on the other side of the sidewalk who had to wait until after rush hour...this worked out well for everyone including pedestrians......I cannot see all vendors setting up at the same time (7 pm) each night. As soon as police stop patrolling the vendors will do as they please anyway which is unfortunate,

[worgeordie]

Those big woks with boiling oil in are an accident waiting to happen,

most footpaths are not good enough to walk on,never mind pushing

through a crowd,and the pickpockets are not going to be pleased.

regards worgeordie

[JOC]

"After the footpaths are cleared of vendors and stalls, Silom will be turned into a walking street, said city officials"

Thai logic?? Wouldn't it make more sense,to make the walking street first and move some of the vendors there with designated places for their hawking??

[metisdead]

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[bangkokfrog]

"After the footpaths are cleared of vendors and stalls, Silom will be turned into a walking street, said city officials"

Thai logic?? Wouldn't it make more sense,to make the walking street first and move some of the vendors there with designated places for their hawking??

Good point. If it was a true walking street, there should be room for the vendors and walkers. Can't see them closing it off to traffic, though.

[dddave]

Seems like some of you wont be satisfied until Bangkok turns into the place you came here to escape.

[tingtongfarang]

Seems like some of you wont be satisfied until Bangkok turns into the place you came here to escape.

Often thai office workers complain the most about having to walk on the road commuting to the work place, the more well heeled ones stop in the benz to order takeaway from the car window blocking the roads too.

[recycled]

To allow them back at 7pm, is almost the same as letting them trade as usual.......it won't be long untill they start setting up at 5, then 3.....and so on.

They should be banned all the time.....people say it adds character to BKK......I say they're dirty, grubby, rat infested stalls that continue to throw all the garbage, oils washing water, down the drains!

That is the pattern of every brain snap the mighty leader has come up with. Be it Lottery tickets, vans, taxis or stalls they all revert back to the old ways without an inkling of resistance.

[salavan]

the street vendors still need to make a living, where will they go now to earn a crust, cant exactly sighn on unemployment benifit can they

[mcfish]

I live close to sukhumvit nana bts and same story there, all vendors are banned until 6.30pm and its a delight to be able to walk around during the day but be warned at 630pm there is a mad scramble to be the first to set up and its a circus until about 730pm

[bkkgooner]

the street vendors still need to make a living, where will they go now to earn a crust, cant exactly sighn on unemployment benifit can they

says in the article that most have them have been relocated to new areas, ridiculous they were allowed to sell there for so long, there are markets everwhere in Thailand go sell in one and get the <deleted> off the pavement, food stalls are fine when they are spaced out but when you have a situation like in Silom it is madness to let it keep going on

[fab4]

Seems like some of you wont be satisfied until Bangkok turns into the place you came here to escape.

Oh au contraire my dear boy, this is the Bangkok they crave, bringing back those "old bangkok memories"

Just like the real thing............................

[lildragon]

A compromise seems difficult. The streets are clogged but those people need to make a living, however much being accosted to by some copied porno dvds bothers me I know they need to eat

[3NUMBAS]

thats got rid of the [unmentionable prosthesis] sellers but lizard men thrive now on those empty pavements.

Mod note: Had to make a minor edit to protect the innocence of forum members.

[BuckBee]

Without the food & snacks & stalls in the evening who the <deleted> is going bother walking down Silom. Main business district is Sathon & majority of pavement has always been clear on odd number soi side of Silom.

Completely removing street vendors is a stupid as the overcrowded mess such as was found around saladang bts area.

Solution is Ampur officers, police & district governors using some gumption & doing some real work better organising it to benefit all.

Edited November 3, 2014 by metisdead
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[chainarong]

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Time will tell! but judging by the past?

By Xmas they will be back

[Thanatta]

........ and You probably back home aswell. Time will tell ....

[BSJ]

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Time will tell! but judging by the past?

By Xmas they will be back

Which xmas?

[Living in a cartoon]

Seems like some of you wont be satisfied until Bangkok turns into the place you came here to escape.

Fail.

I didn't escape anything.

Couldn't you at least mention "nanny state" to drive your point home? Or some other old chestnut?

[ezzra]

It will not hold for long time, slowly but surely they will creep back one by one, little by little

like cockroaches after fumigations... seen it a hundreds time before....

[DLock]

There are plenty of little Thai eateries and shops on Silom for the local office workers to find cheap food during the day...

I don't think they need to buy copy CD's, hair bands, T shirts, sexual disfunction products, copy watches, and other crap trinkets during the day to block the streets and make walking dangerous.

This is a good thing.

[TomAikins]

When are they going to get rid of ALL the vendors on Sukhumvit Road 24 hours a day?

[robblok]

Seems like some of you wont be satisfied until Bangkok turns into the place you came here to escape.

I never once came here to escape clean footpaths and places I could navigate easily. So please speak for yourself, I never came to escape anything.

Vendors are all nice as long as there is a good space to walk.. more often then not that is not the case.

[mcfish]

Seems like some of you wont be satisfied until Bangkok turns into the place you came here to escape.

LOL nobody is escaping anything. We are all here for the girls! i the girls were not here you think we would be having this conversation? Now of course as long as the girls are still here we would love to be able to live it up in a civilized society, nothing wrong with that

[razer]

For those working here on expat status who want to see the streets squeaky clean ... Chill ... you will be back home in a couple of years or less and when you want some fresh pineapple you can hop in your car and drive to the super market. It will be somewhat more expensive though. AND... Back home the company won't be paying for your housing and bills and no more cost of living expense over and above your salary so you may be complaining about the price as compared to Thailand.

Food vendors provide a service ... cheap breakfast, lunch and dinner to the thousands of Thai office workers who are making less than 20,000 per month.

Rubbish needs proper management with proper bins and better collection service. This can be done rather easily if the BANGKOK CITY GOVERNMENT has the WILL to do it.

Edited November 3, 2014 by razer