'Zero Vendor' policy in Manila for 2008?

[Zeus]

Lim adopts ‘zero vendor’ policy for ’08


By Allison Lopez
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 23:40:00 12/28/2007





MANILA, Philippines – Manila Mayor Alfredo Lim announced yesterday that vendors would no longer be allowed on the city’s major roads this coming year.
Lim has adopted a “zero vendor” policy for 2008.
Beginning Jan. 8, the mayor said a month-long clearing operations would be undertaken to remove thousands of vendors, including those on sidewalks, on Roxas Boulevard, Quezon Blvd., Rizal Avenue, Taft Ave., and the whole stretch of Recto (from Legarda to North Harbor).
The move would dismantle well-known flea markets in Plaza Miranda, Carriedo and Divisoria.
“We have to clean up all the districts of Manila but we have to do it phase by phase, so we will start with the major roads. Obstructions of any kind will not be allowed,” Lim said.
The mayor added that he has had enough of hawkers who violate concessions given to them, including the 1x1 meter allotment per stall on sidewalks.
“I’m tired of explaining that the vendors do not follow the 1x1 meter regulation. They don’t just sell, they also make the streets their homes. We cannot go on like this,” he said.
A 24-hour “pedestrian mall” similar to Hong Kong’s famous Night Market, Lim said, would be developed for displaced vendors at Muelle de la Industria from Del Pan Extension to McArthur Bridge.
“We will open Escolta, light it up, and turn it into a pedestrian mall. This is where we will relocate the vendors so the streets will be cleared and returned to motorists,” he said.
City-owned idle properties would also be utilized to accommodate hawkers and create bazaar areas, the mayor added.
Lim said he was not “anti-vendor,” adding that they would be better off in designated areas where they will not be harassed by police.
“We can’t play hide and seek with the vendors anymore. By removing them, unscrupulous policemen will lose the opportunity to ‘protect’ them,” he said.
He said he was lenient with the vendors during the holidays, but in January, after the feasts of the Black Nazarene in Quiapo and Sto. Niño in Tondo, Lim said the hawkers would have to go.

Source: www.inquirer.net
Dec.28, 2007


Matutupad kaya ito?

[suv]

I hope matupad itoi....

Kasi bwisit pumunta ng divisoria/quiapo dahil puro vendor sa kalsada.....

Kung gusto ni Mayor Lim maging ok ang manila eh tanggalin nya ang hindi dapat sa kalsada....

Kasi ang Manila ngayon eh parang palengke na!!! :bwahaha:

[wildthing]

kaya yan basta't dedicated at merun "relocation" program. sa marikina nga they did that same thing sa palengke ng marikina (in a short period of time).

kailangan ng tamang abiso and implementation period lang plus the vendor relocation system

[seonadancing]

Sana nga matupad, wala ng malakaran sa sidewalk because of these vendors.

[Jun aka Pekto]

Nooo. Not the "pisbol" vendors. I like them.

[CVT]

Ayos sa atin itong mga motorista,- kinukuha na kasi ng mga vendors ang kalsada....

Ang hirap tuloy mag-drive sa mga kalsada sa Maynila.... Si Lim iyan,- malamang matupad, (sana)....

5000:boom:

[jpdm]

Its high time Mayor Lim will do something about these sidewalk vendor problem. The problem with this vendors is that they making their poverty as an excuse in violating laws and making the whole city landscape ugly.

Although it is imperative for the manila government not to prevent these people to find a decent source of income by vending, they should be put into correct designated places. For instance all those vendors destroying the whole Quezon Blvd. in Quiapo, Carriedo, Avenida, Recto and Divisoria should be put into one place.

Kasi if Manila whats to attract tourist it has to clean up its streets. Former mayor Atienza, has done alot to beautify Manila, and its high time Mayor Lim should give his share.

The City of manila is the undisputed Capital of the Philippines. So whatever happens in Manila reflects the general situation in the whole country.

I would love to see Manila becomes another Marikina City. I hope adjacent cities such as stinking Pasay, deteriorating Paranaque, ugly Caloocan must do the same.

[jvdejesus05]

let's just wait and see kung pano gagawin ito... parang mahihirapan magawa ito pero kung magagawa, it will not only clean the streets of manila of pesky vendors but also of those bad elements that are on the streets..