The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) will return to manage the famous Chatuchak Market, according to a decision by the steering committee on national security, poverty reduction and environment chaired by Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon. The decision made on Wednesday would end an ongoing conflict between vendors and the State Railway of Thailand (SRT) over the past few years. With the aim of capitalising on the prime space, the SRT upset hundreds of vendors. The committee made the decision after about 400 vendors at Chatuchak Market petitioned the government in January to solve the problem. The group claimed its members have been suffering under SRT management, which began in 2012.

Source: Bangkok Post September 12, 2018 23:15 UTC