BMA denies reprieve for Pak Kong Talad flower vendors
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About 30 vendors at Bangkok’s iconic flower market Pak Klong Talad Monday morning appealed for the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) to allow them another six months to run businesses there, following the deadline last Saturday requiring all the v
Group leader Pirom Chitakorn said other marketplaces proposed as alternatives would not attract enough customers and could not host all of the vendors, which justified another three to six-month postponement of the market closure.
Pirom urged the city and government officials to recognise the importance of the market as a hub for retailing flowers supplied by farmers from across the country.
However, after speaking Monday afternoon with Yuttapan Meechai, assistant secretary to the BMA’s governor, and Natthanan Kalayasiri, BMA adviser, Pirom said vendors must obey the law and quit the market as the city reclaims the area for public use as a footpath.
Phra Nakhon district office director Somchai Traipittayakul told reporters that the meeting went well and vendors understood the city’s policy and the necessity to regulate the area, which will be guarded by security officials 24 hours a day for the next two months.
