'Khlong Toei slum must be erased'

[reader]

From Coconuts Bangkok

‘Khlong Toei slum must be erased,’ official says

Construction of government housing for nearly 100,000 people facing eviction was ordered accelerated this week to “erase” Bangkok’s Khlong Toei community, where most residents remain in the dark as to when they will be forced out.

After visiting the so-called slum community Wednesday, a deputy transportation minister ordered the Port Authority to move up by two years construction of four 25-story condo towers that are meant to house a portion of the roughly 15,000 families that will be evicted to make way for a new mega mall.

“I’m setting a deadline that, by 2020, the term ‘Khlong Toei slum’ must be erased from Thai people’s minds. We must transform it into Khlong Toei community or Khlong Toei village instead,” Deputy Transport Minister Atirat Ratanasate told reporters.

https://coconuts.co/bangkok/news/khlong-toei-slum-must-be-erased-official-says/

 

[vinapu]

4 hours ago, reader said:

From Coconuts Bangkok

‘Khlong Toei slum must be erased,’ official says

 

“I’m setting a deadline that, by 2020, the term ‘Khlong Toei slum’ must be erased from Thai people’s minds. We must transform it into Khlong Toei community or Khlong Toei village instead,” Deputy Transport Minister Atirat Ratanasate

hoping that  15000  forcibly removed families erase that from their minds is tall order Mr. Ratnasate I'd say

[speedoo1]

Could someone point out on a map where this "Khlong Toei slum" is?

Anyone been there looking for "street trade"´? 

 

[reader]

Would not recommend looking for street trade at this location.

Christianpfc has written about his visits there on his blog.

[pong]

KT is to the far east of Ram IV, and toward, of course, the water/harbour side. A very safe and uncluttered view on it can be had if travel over the Expressway east from Sukhumvit toward Bang Na (= going toward Patters from inner BKK), f.e. using buses 139 or 511ew. A songhthaew, old/red open truck goes in there from the KT wet market, where many citybuses stop just before their garage further on.

The general advice is not to go there without Thai knowledgeable guide, about the only place in BKk or perhaps even all of Th where this is indeed safe advice.

Besides that, the Mercy center, helping orphans and other disadvantaged kids, set up by a once American christian priest, is also settled there, it sometimes has calls for help in the BKK-post.

Oh-and the BKK-post HQ itself are just on the edge of it-across from that songhthaew stop-it also has its very own old truck for workers going there.