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	Stall vendors in Siam Square |and the surrounding area who |have been affected by the ban implemented last week have mobbed the BMA to request for the ban to be rescinded.</div>
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	Vendors also objected to the regulation by hanging banners in front of Siam Square displaying messages asking for sympathy.&nbsp;</div>
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	However, the BMA deputy governor said vendors should move to designated areas.</div>
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	&ldquo;They cannot claim that they have been selling there for a long time. I heard that some sellers had three stalls and they hired migrants to take care of their stalls.&nbsp;</div>
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	&ldquo;They are taking advantages of others,&rdquo; Assawin said.</div>
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	&ldquo;Bangkok residents should not buy things from stalls that are set up illegally on footpaths.&nbsp;</div>
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	&ldquo;The BMA is trying to find the most gentle way to regulate all footpaths in the inner Bangkok area to ease traffic problems,&rdquo; he said, adding that the BMA is planning to expand the regulation to outer Bangkok areas.&nbsp;</div>

BMA stands firm on Siam Square footpath vending ban

The ban on stalls on footpaths at Pratunam and Ratchaprasong roads and in Siam Square remains in |effect, Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) deputy governor Pol General Assawin Kwanmuang has said.