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	Wallop said the BMA will issue a directive to ban the hot-air lanterns. The violators will be arrested and fined.</div>
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	He said the BMA will also ban the sale of fireworks in the city by unlicensed vendors. There are only six shops that have licenses to sell fireworks, he added.</div>
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Floating lanterns to be prohibited in Bangkok on Loy Krathong Day

The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration will prohibit floating of hot-air lanterns in the capital on Loy Krathong Day, BMA governor's chief advisor, Wallop Suwandee said Tuesday.

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