BMA starts clearing historic canal area
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IN A bid to reclaim the registered historic site of Klong Ong Ang and restore it to its past glory, the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) Tuesday began demolishing some parts of Saphan Lek Market and Saphan Han structures that have blocked the can
But, the market vendors submitted a petition to Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha via the public service centre at the PM’s Secretary’s Office Tuesday asking for the demolition to be held off for three months till the result of an appeal to Interior Minister Anupong Paojinda is known. They said if structures were demolished and Anupong later rules against it, they would suffer irreversible damage.
