Kick them out! Public angry as traders move into Bali Hai port area

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Kick them out! Public angry as traders move into Bali Hai port area

 

Picture: STV Pattaya

 

PATTAYA: -- As soon as the Pattaya authorities enforced a ban on parking at the Bali Hai port opportunistic traders have moved in to the area.

 

Sophon cable reported online that they had responded to complaints from the public and tourists and had gone to the area formerly used as a parking lot to investigate.

 

Many people hope the area will be landscaped and turned into a public park but yesterday there were more than 30 traders selling hats and souvenirs to Chinese tourists.

 

Sophon called for the authorities to act while Thai posters on Facebook said they should be turfed out immediately.

 

Some suggested that a fine was not enough - they should all have their wares confiscated as this was the only way to stop them cluttering up the area.

 

Source: STV Pattaya

 

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[WhizBang]

  Is anyone really surprised?

[champers]

People trying to make a living and not a particularly lucrative one at that. They sell tourist wares and have gone to sell where there are lots of tourists.

[johng]

I went past this morning and there was lots of parking going on  90 % where tour buses

they where also parked on half off the now vacant lot in front of Waterfront. 

   the other half I think is for some big wigs helicopter pad 

 

 

Edited March 22, 2017 by johng

[tpaul1]

I remember when this was all fields

[wirat69]

2 hours ago, tpaul1 said:

I remember when this was all fields

Yes. I am also young enough to remember Gracie Fields.... but is this the biggest espideztra of the world???

 

[crickets]

I think Pattaya is just waiting to get the cash to do something with it

[hotchilli]

4 hours ago, champers said:

People trying to make a living and not a particularly lucrative one at that. They sell tourist wares and have gone to sell where there are lots of tourists.

Are you saying they're selling Chinese knock-offs to Chinese tourists??
I love it lol

[champers]

3 minutes ago, hotchilli said:

Are you saying they're selling Chinese knock-offs to Chinese tourists??
I love it lol

No. You are saying that.

[Redline]

6 hours ago, johng said:

I went past this morning and there was lots of parking going on  90 % where tour buses

they where also parked on half off the now vacant lot in front of Waterfront. 

   the other half I think is for some big wigs helicopter pad 

 

 

Soon it will be full of trash bags

[onemorechang]

3 hours ago, wirat69 said:

Yes. I am also young enough to remember Gracie Fields.... but is this the biggest espideztra of the world???

 

What bar and what Soi  was that  ?

[BsBs]

Aren't they supposed to have clean this area for a purpose ?

 

 

[JSixpack]

12 hours ago, tpaul1 said:

I remember when this was all fields

 

. . . and nothing to get hung about

Bali Hai fields forever.

[KittenKong]

17 hours ago, champers said:

People trying to make a living and not a particularly lucrative one at that. They sell tourist wares and have gone to sell where there are lots of tourists.

 

I cant help but feel sorry for the people who need to spend hours walking around with hats and northern Thai knick-knacks etc., or old people pushing those heavy vendor carts for miles every day and who have no other source of income. There's a big difference between them and the ones that set up nightly stalls from the back of a brand new top of the range pick-up and block the pavements outside the Avenue and Central.

[joepattaya1961]

12 hours ago, champers said:

No. You are saying that.

Just watch the Chinese leave from one of the airports heading back to China. 

Huge bags, boxes and suitcases packed with Chinese "goodies" freshly imported by Thai traders from China. 

I asked a Chinese once why he dragged all this Chinese stuff back to China........"We can't buy in China or it is very expensive!"

Huhh?

[johng]

Aren't they supposed to have clean this area for a purpose ?
 
 

Yes the helicopter landing zone (done) and sometime this year they will hold a "naval regatta" but in the meantime a coach park.

[LennyW]

48 minutes ago, joepattaya1961 said:

Just watch the Chinese leave from one of the airports heading back to China. 

Huge bags, boxes and suitcases packed with Chinese "goodies" freshly imported by Thai traders from China. 

I asked a Chinese once why he dragged all this Chinese stuff back to China........"We can't buy in China or it is very expensive!"

Huhh?

No kidding, i took this picture at Utapao last year, this was one Chinese persons carry on baggage, 9 bags, yes 9 bags!!!! Most of the other Chinese passengers had similar but this one parked opposite me!! What a stramash!!! 

 

[pattayadude]

what the hell does it take to get this area improved???How incredibly incompetent is this City hall that they can't even complete simple projects like a landscaped park and a small marina!!! What do they need??? How difficult could it be to get some concrete poured and plant some freaking palm trees!!!

Even the 3rd world African countries have some sort of functioning  marinas!!! How many decades will it take to remove debris from the "state of art marina" they  didn't complete??? And how many more decades do they need to rebuilt the existing or build a new one???

Edited March 24, 2017 by pattayadude

[pattayadude]

On 3/22/2017 at 10:00 PM, Redline said:

Soon it will be full of trash bags

its a mess! the whole city is a mess! and getting worse and worse every day!

[johng]

The officials where there on the 16th with "the plan"

 

first thing to do  is build an easy place for buses to  turn around on the "multi-purpose" yard,

plans are being sent to a landscaping contractor for "improvements"  in April

they are certain that this will solve the traffic congestion in the Bali Hai port area  for sure.........

 

Edited March 24, 2017 by johng

[pattayadude]

4 minutes ago, johng said:

The officials where there on the 16th with "the plan"

i hope these aren't the same officials who also had a  "plan" for the mafia boat marina!!!

or the port...

or the state of art hydraulic parking...

or the Chinese bus parking...

or the Waterfront building...

i can go on but I got better things to do :)

[johng]

1 minute ago, pattayadude said:

i hope these aren't the same officials

I suspect these are new  super duper article 44 appointed officials...but same plan.