"Klong Ong Ang"

Walking With The Nation Thailand: The Reopening of Klong Ong Ang Walking Street

In a bid to generate income for locals and boost tourism, the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has decided to make the Khlong Ong Ang walking street accessible every weekend from October 15.

Khlong Ong Ang Canal in Bangkok

The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration is planning to develop the historical Klong Ong Ang site as a tourism attraction, Deputy Bangkok Governor Jakkaphan Phiew-ngarm said yesterday.

Forty-eight vendors, whose shops in the Saphan Lek area are facing demolition to make way for landscaping of the historical Klong Ong Ang area, filed a lawsuit at the Central Administrative Court yesterday in a bid to halt the move.

Forty-eight vendors, whose shops in the Saphan Lek are facing demolition to make way for Bangkok's re-landscaping of the historical Klong Ong Ang area, filed a complaint with the Central Administrative Court on Thursday to seek a court injunction.