Likely too late for Loma food vendors, says Patong Mayor

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Likely too late for Loma food vendors, says Patong Mayor

The Phuket News

 

Patong Mayor Chalermluck Kebsup said it was likely 'too late' for Patong Municipality to stop its plan from converting the Loma Food Centre on the Patong beachfront into a “community building”. Photo: PR Dept

 

PHUKET: A meeting held at Provincial Hall this week failed to resolve the looming mass eviction of vendors operating food stalls at the Loma Food Centre on the Patong beachfront, with Patong Mayor Chalermluck Kebsup saying it was likely “too late” for Patong Municipality to stop its plan from converting the Loma Food Centre into a “community building”.

 

The meeting, held on Tuesday (Nov 1), followed Suriya Sinsoke leading more than 18 vendors to file a complaint at Provincial Hall Thursday last week. (See story here.)

 

The vendors filed their complaint after Patong Municipality began refusing to renew leases as and when they expired, some as far back as 2013, but more recently with more vendors’ leases not being renewed in October.

 

At the meeting were Patong Mayor Chalermluck, Phuket Provincial Chief Administrative Officer (Palad) Poonsak Naksaena, officials from Damrongdhama Centre (Ombudsman’s Office), food vendors from Loma Food Centre and Capt Boontop Lanthong from Office of Phuket Public Prosecution.

 

Patong Mayor Chalermluck said that Patong Municipality had been constantly trying to resolve the issue, but accused the vendors of continually refusing to comply with the lease conditions.

 

“We are not renewing the leases because some vendors do not follow the regulations,” she said.

 

“These vendors have been told many times to uphold the lease conditions, but they have ignored us. They set up chairs and tables in the public area (outside the building) and said that if these were kept inside their stalls, they could not sell their food,” Mayor Chalermluck explained.

 

Full story: http://www.thephuketnews.com/likely-too-late-for-loma-food-vendors-says-patong-mayor-59743.php#Irr3hrLFfSbg3hvX.97

 

 

 

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[mercman24]

the old story give them an inch and they take a mile, just like sukhumvit road, taking over the pavements. and cannot move in soi 4. someone (again) is going to get hit by traffic,by walking in the road.

[LivinginKata]

17 minutes ago, mercman24 said:

the old story give them an inch and they take a mile, just like sukhumvit road, taking over the pavements. and cannot move in soi 4. someone (again) is going to get hit by traffic,by walking in the road.

 

I have to agree with that. 

 

 "They set up chairs and tables in the public area (outside the building) and said that if these were kept inside their stalls, they could not sell their food,” Mayor Chalermluck explained.

 

So maybe they need to rent larger premises  ....

[GiantFan]

The area is in the back.  Tuk tuk parking in the future.  

[The manic]

12 hours ago, mercman24 said:

the old story give them an inch and they take a mile, just like sukhumvit road, taking over the pavements. and cannot move in soi 4. someone (again) is going to get hit by traffic,by walking in the road.

That's why many people come to Thailand for the street mareas and food stalls. They are great. We don't need uptight foreigners blindly supporting the regime and all its repressive action. Sukhumvit is dreadful now. And as ever it's not poor people taking a mile but another bunch who took a whole country.