reader Posted August 11, 2019 Share Posted August 11, 2019 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 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vinapu Posted August 11, 2019 Share Posted August 11, 2019 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 reader 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedoo1 Posted September 1, 2019 Share Posted September 1, 2019 Could someone point out on a map where this "Khlong Toei slum" is? Anyone been there looking for "street trade"´? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reader Posted September 1, 2019 Author Share Posted September 1, 2019 Would not recommend looking for street trade at this location. Christianpfc has written about his visits there on his blog. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pong Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 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. vinapu 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...