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TAWP, on 2010-09-28 01:07:49, said:
Chances are he is being serious and tired of his order not being followed. As often seem to be the case, the handling of a new directive is 'lost' somewhere mid-down in the tree of bureaucrats...or more likely in this case, completely ignored by those that are infact renting out the slots that cannot be rented out.
But we all agree that something needs to be done. Perhaps bring in officers from another region to temporarily dismantle all the stall and arrest the vendors...just to shake things up.
But we all agree that something needs to be done. Perhaps bring in officers from another region to temporarily dismantle all the stall and arrest the vendors...just to shake things up.
TAWP,
How refreshing ... a total of 21 posts on this topic, and yours is the first to actually consider that there may be some merit in the Deputy Governor's (DG) intentions. All of the other posts appear to have no other aim than to add another click to their post total.
It is patently obvious that something needs to be done to make Bangkok's pavements even remotely passable. If the DG can have any impact at all, this may lead to further investigations into other areas; On Nut Road, for example. I'm pretty sure no-one could have possibly agreed to allow vendors to legally set up on both sides of the southbound pavement, such that there is about a two-foot gap for pedestrians to fight their way through.
I believe the time is right to start such campaigns. Tourists will only put up with fighting their way down congested pavements as long as it has novelty appeal. After a while, they will also decide that there are better places to go.
