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Traders at burned-out Siam Square to occupy premises in July
BANGKOK, June 20 (TNA) -- Retail traders whose shops in Bangkok’s prime business area of Siam Square were burned out or whose premises were damaged by anti-government protesters last month will be able to move into a semi-permanent building in a parking zone in the area in early July.
Representatives of Siam Square owner Chulalongkorn University briefed Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva and Korbsak Sabhavasu, his secretary-general, that a semi-permanent building along Sois 1 and 5 being built to house affected businesses should be completed soon and occupancy could begin in early July.
Several buildings in the area including Siam Theatre and Thailand’s largest shopping mall, CentralWorld, were burned to the ground by angry anti-government protesters on May 19 soon after protesting leaders of the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) surrendered to police.
A building on the corner of Rama 1 and Henri Dunant Roads is being renovated and on completion damaged Siam Square restaurants will be allowed to move in and to reopen there.
Mr Korbsak told journalists after inspecting the construction at Siam Square Soi 1 and Soi 5 that traders who were affected by the protests would be given priority to set up stalls first while those who sub-let will have a second opportunity.
As help given to affected business operators is in progress, Dr Wachira Pengjuntr, deputy director-general of the Mental Health Department, said the two-month UDD protests were a massive problem because people from more than 400 villages nationwide took part in them.
Dr Wachira said healing of affected people on both physically and mentally could “take as long as five years” before they could return to normal and “cooperation is needed from every sector.” (TNA)
Representatives of Siam Square owner Chulalongkorn University briefed Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva and Korbsak Sabhavasu, his secretary-general, that a semi-permanent building along Sois 1 and 5 being built to house affected businesses should be completed soon and occupancy could begin in early July.
Several buildings in the area including Siam Theatre and Thailand’s largest shopping mall, CentralWorld, were burned to the ground by angry anti-government protesters on May 19 soon after protesting leaders of the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) surrendered to police.
A building on the corner of Rama 1 and Henri Dunant Roads is being renovated and on completion damaged Siam Square restaurants will be allowed to move in and to reopen there.
Mr Korbsak told journalists after inspecting the construction at Siam Square Soi 1 and Soi 5 that traders who were affected by the protests would be given priority to set up stalls first while those who sub-let will have a second opportunity.
As help given to affected business operators is in progress, Dr Wachira Pengjuntr, deputy director-general of the Mental Health Department, said the two-month UDD protests were a massive problem because people from more than 400 villages nationwide took part in them.
Dr Wachira said healing of affected people on both physically and mentally could “take as long as five years” before they could return to normal and “cooperation is needed from every sector.” (TNA)
