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Killing off the capital's charm, again
News, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 24/02/2016
» The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration's (BMA) latest attempt to ban all street vendors from pavements in Pak Klong Talat flower market under its clean-up campaign ushers in a sense of deja vu.
Pak Khlong Talat vendors get more time
Online Reporters, Published on 16/02/2016
» City Hall has agreed to extend the Feb 28 deadline for vendors to move out of footpaths at Pak Khlong Talat flower market until officials can find a better replacement venue than one initially proposed.
Flower market vendors face last lonely Valentine's
News, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 14/02/2016
» This may be the last Valentine’s Day Onsirin Saenyakul ships her roses to vendors at Bangkok's famous Pak Khlong Talat flower market. Her two-rai plantation in Chiang Mai’s Mae Rim district has been the only source of income for her family for the past 12 years, and 80% of the roses are shipped by truck to Thailand’s largest fresh flower market.
Clean-up efforts need more thought
News, Editorial, Published on 14/02/2016
» If your lover fails to give you flowers for Valentine’s Day today, you can thank the junta. The clean-up campaign that has swept through 39 locations in 21 Bangkok districts has arrived at Pak Khlong Talat flower market — which handles the vast majority of the roses, marigolds and more grown in Thailand and much of the imports — just in time for the busiest week of the year. More than 1,400 vendors were told on Feb 2 to move out by the end of the month under a notice from the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration, which in turn takes its orders from the military regime. Surprise is an essential part of Valentine’s Day, but this is one the vendors could have done without.
Khlong Ong Ang market a 'one off'
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 12/02/2016
» The Samphanthawong district director has defended the weekend market held along the banks of the recently reclaimed Khlong Ong Ang last weekend, saying it was a one-time only event, requested by locals.
Walking trip in Bangkok
Life, Pichaya Svasti, Published on 11/02/2016
» On Saturday, Siam Vision, a cultural group, will lead a walking tour in the heart of Bangkok by the Chao Phraya River from 4.30-8pm.
Identity of Pak Khlong Talat 'at risk'
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 10/02/2016
» City Hall's plan to reclaim the pavement near the Pak Khlong Talat flower market will deprive the area of its uniqueness, say flower vendors.
Identity of Pak Khlong Talat flower market 'at risk'
Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 09/02/2016
» City Hall's plan to reclaim the pavement near the Pak Khlong Talat flower market will deprive the area of its uniqueness, say flower vendors.
Fresh appeal
Business, Apornrath Phoonphongphiphat, Published on 01/02/2016
» Twenty years ago, she was just a little girl playing around her mother's small stall, selling fresh fruit in Pak Khlong Talat, the famous fruit and vegetable wholesale market near the Memorial Bridge popularly known among foreigners as the "Flower Market".
Amnuay refuses to take up governor advisory role
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 29/01/2016
» Pol Lt Gen Amnuay Nimmano, the newly appointed adviser of Bangkok governor Sukhumbhand Paribatra, has decided not to take up the post after saying it would create a conflict of interest.