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Bangkok road turns into strolling shoppers haven to help riot-hit vendors
BANGKOK, June 4 (TNA) - Henri Dunant Road will be open as a walking street this weekend to provide space to entrepreneurs, small traders and vendors whose shops were torched during the May19 riots to sell their goods, a Bangkok municipal official said Friday.
Worapoj Inthulak, Pathumwan district chief, said about 4,000 vendors registered with the district office but due to a limited space, only 700 traders, who were the most affected as their shops were burnt will be given priority to distribute their goods at the walking street.
The walking street area stretches from Siam Square Soi 7 to the Faculty of Political Science. The police and municipal officials will oversee security and direct traffic. A medical unit will be on hand for shoppers.
Henri Dunant road will close at 11pm Friday night for installation of temporary tents. The fair will be held from 10am to 8pm on Saturday and Sunday. After that, district workers will clean the street to open to traffic before 3am Monday.
Last weekend, a walking street on Silom Road was held to help small entrepreneurs register for help from the government present their goods for distribution.
Anti-government Red Shirt protesters occupied the Ratchaprasong area from April 3 to May 19, demanding that Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva dissolve the House and call a new election.
Their occupation forced high-end shopping malls and shops in the area to close. A military operation to retake the protest site prompted protest leaders to surrender to police while angry protesters went on a rampage, torching nearly 40 spots in the capital, including CentralWorld, the country's largest shopping mall and the second largest in the region.
The government has given 50,000 baht (US$1,538) in compensation to business owners, whose shops were set on fire. (TNA)
Worapoj Inthulak, Pathumwan district chief, said about 4,000 vendors registered with the district office but due to a limited space, only 700 traders, who were the most affected as their shops were burnt will be given priority to distribute their goods at the walking street.
The walking street area stretches from Siam Square Soi 7 to the Faculty of Political Science. The police and municipal officials will oversee security and direct traffic. A medical unit will be on hand for shoppers.
Henri Dunant road will close at 11pm Friday night for installation of temporary tents. The fair will be held from 10am to 8pm on Saturday and Sunday. After that, district workers will clean the street to open to traffic before 3am Monday.
Last weekend, a walking street on Silom Road was held to help small entrepreneurs register for help from the government present their goods for distribution.
Anti-government Red Shirt protesters occupied the Ratchaprasong area from April 3 to May 19, demanding that Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva dissolve the House and call a new election.
Their occupation forced high-end shopping malls and shops in the area to close. A military operation to retake the protest site prompted protest leaders to surrender to police while angry protesters went on a rampage, torching nearly 40 spots in the capital, including CentralWorld, the country's largest shopping mall and the second largest in the region.
The government has given 50,000 baht (US$1,538) in compensation to business owners, whose shops were set on fire. (TNA)
