Clearing all food vendors from all pavements robs workers of the chance for affordable food. In January, Vallop Suwandee, chairman of the advisers to the Bangkok governor, admitted to the Post Today newspaper he did not like street food vendors because "they are the worst of all types of street vendors". They not only take public space from pedestrians but also make Bangkok pavements dirty, he said. Look at how Singapore has managed its hawker centres and food courts which are home to dozens of street food vendors. But thinking about it again, should I really be bothered about the disappearance of street vendors?

Source: Bangkok Post April 19, 2017 21:45 UTC