City Hall dishes up aid for market vendors
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published : 16 Jan 2021 at 11:00
4 Ground control: Staff of Bansomdejchaopraya Rajabhat University in Bangkok clean and disinfect an area at the university to contain Covid-19. The university has been closed since early this month after the pandemic resurfaced in the country. (Photo by Apichart Jinakul)
The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has cut rent rates at its 10 markets to ease the plight of vendors hit by the recent coronavirus outbreak.
BMA deputy clerk Wullaya Wattanarat said that Bangkok governor Pol Gen Aswin Kwanmuang has instructed the BMA s market office to come up with remedial measures for affected tenants.