Yes, it is all a bit confusing with various/sundry "authorities" weighing in on the matter, but pretty much SOP for Thailand these days.

Not unlike the hastily drafted rules on mini-vans, or transporting people in the back of pick-up trucks, which the "authorities" simply decreed without any thought or planning.

I guess everyone is "in the Army" now?

Bangkok is ostensibly "governed" by the BMA, but the military Junta has replaced the elected Bangkok governor, and most of the provincial governors, so the Junta is driving this issue.

There seems to be some walking back, but still no real plan, as many different "authority" figures pontificate on what is best for the citizenry.

Now there is some talk of having vendors "moved off the streets into specially designed and well organised street food zones", at least in Yawarot and Khao San.


China Town, Khao San Road areas to be transformed into organised street food areas

THE GOVERNMENT is planning to transform Bangkok’s China Town and Khao San Road into well-organised areas for street food vendors.

“We will allow street stalls, as long as they comply with our regulations on zoning, stall designs, green packaging and hygienic standards,” Second Lieutenant Pornchanok Amphan, a spokeswoman for the Defence Ministry, said at a press conference yesterday.

She said the decision had been made by the country’s fifth reform steering committee.


http://www.nationmultimedia.com/news/national/30312744