Locals hang out at a street food space for businesses in soi Chula 42 of Pathumwan district, allocated to street food vendors and hawkers under the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration’s Hello Hab-Re (Hello Hawkers) project. Natthawat Wicheanbut
Authorities have been working on making the city’s sidewalks more pedestrian-friendly since Bangkok governor Chadchart Sittipunt took office last year, as it was one of the 216 pledges he had made a month before he was elected.
The move was made possible following an administrative reorganisation in December last year, which saw 19 municipal heads asked to clean up several districts across the capital.
“When a new [municipal head] arrives, they bring a fresh perspective to the problem….
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