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Mr Samak began his governorship with an order to lift the Wednesday ban on street vending, allowing vendors to sell on the pavement seven days a week. He also has planned to increase the number of areas where street vending is allowed. At present, there are 267 areas where vending is allowed and 73 areas under review. A management panel would be set up in each district. Comprising the district chief, district councillors, police station chiefs and local leaders, the panel would consider whether areas under review should be rezoned as vendor areas. His policy to relax rules on street vending and provide more space for vendors made him popular with that group. However, some pedestrians were not at all pleased. A shopper in Phahurat said a vendor-free day gave the city the chance to clean the pavements and made walking around a lot easier. City police also oppose making the so-called "areas-in-review" new vending areas, arguing they could obstruct traffic. |
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Governor Samak has called for a new beginning to the troubled relationship between street vendors and municipal police. Vendors have repeatedly accused the police or thetsakit, as they are known, of taking bribes. A psychological method the governor used to end extortion of vendors was to put a curse on recalcitrant thetsakit. One municipal policeman said officers felt discouraged under the Samak administration because the governor had no words of praise for those who did their job honestly. City councillor Suthichai Weerakulsunthorn, who monitors the city's law eorcement affairs, believes the harsh way Mr Samak dealt with the problem has adversely affected oversight of street vending. "Many thetsakit are now hesitant when they want to take action against recalcitrant vendors," he said. |
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