Bangkok residents thought they would be able to enjoy green spaces again. It turns out they can’t. Not yet.
Despite a Facebook post from Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha on Saturday announcing that several venues including public parks, salons, museums, massage parlors and tattoo parlors could reopen today, many people this morning reported being met by sealed gates outside their local parks.
Would-be park-goers took to social media to air grievances and stem confusion.
“Public parks were supposed to reopen for the first day today. I went to [Santiphap] park at 6am this morning, but the gates were still shut to the public,” @espressoo_ tweeted this morning.
The same incident occurred at a few other parks in the city. An admin of We Love Suan Rot Fai, a public park in Chatuchak district, this morning posted a picture of the closed gates at the park and…
