As some of you may know, the Suan Lum Night Bazaar, which was always intended to be temporary, was scheduled for closure earlier this year. It’s gotten several reprieves, but today’s Bangkok Post reports that the plans by the Crown Property Bureau (CPB) to develop the site will go ahead, and the bazaar has until April 2007 to move out.

The bazaar has proved surprisingly popular with tourists and foreign residents, many of whom have protested the proposed closure, but the CPB, charged with managing the former royal lands in the public interest, believes the public will be better served by another shopping mall.