Court issues injunction in Central Village’s favour

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Court issues injunction in Central Village’s favour

 

 

The Administrative Court issued an injunction at around 3pm on Friday (August 30) in favour of developer Central Pattana Plc (CPN), related to land connecting its new Central Village shopping mall to Highway No 370, which leads to Suvarnabhumi Airport.

 

According to CPN’s president and CEO Preecha Ekkunagul, Central Village is now under the court’s temporary protection, and Airports of Thailand (AOT) was ordered to remove their blockade of the luxury outlet’s entrance.

 

“CPN and [its] over 150 partner shops would like to thank the government, the Administrative Court, press and all related parties for helping us resolve the dispute by placing the country’s economic and tourism profits as top priorities,” said Preecha in announcing the injunction.

 

Earlier on Friday, Transport minister Saksayam Chidchob chaired in a meeting to resolve the conflict between AOT and Central Pattana Plc (CPN) over the connecting land, which he said was under the AOT’s administration.

 

The meeting took place at the Ministry of Transport and was joined by other related parties including the Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand (CAAT), Department of Airports (DOA), International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), and Airline Operators Committee (AOC).

 

“Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha was concerned about the dispute and assigned me to take care of the reconciliation as soon as possible,” said Saksayam. “He advised me to use both legal and political principles to solve the problem, while thinking of the country’s benefits and aviation safety as top priorities.”

 

“Central Village will officially open tomorrow (August 31) from 10.39 to 22.00, while we offer a free shuttle service at Central World and BTS Udomsuk station,” said Preecha.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30375626

 

-- © Copyright The Nation Thailand 2019-08-30

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[sammieuk1]

CPN and [its] over 150 partner shops would like to thank the government, the Administrative Court,

Umm .. wonder what sort of thanking this could be????

[Chang_paarp]

Surprise, surprise, surprise!

 

Who would have thunk that the result would come down in favour of Central.

[Lungstib]

An interesting tousle between two of Thailands favoured monopolistic companies. Both used to having little competition and I'm sure both with their powerful friends. That the AOT had the audacity to block off the entrance shows just how mighty they have become and I imagine it has been uniforms behind their power and business executives on the opposition. May be not over yet.

[tompelli]

16 hours ago, Jonathan Fairfield said:

while thinking of the country’s benefits and aviation safety as top priorities.”

Guess money won over safety then.

[Srikcir]

Maybe AOT will get free store space?

[neeray]

3 hours ago, tompelli said:

Guess money won over safety then.

I never did see any legitimate safety complaints. I seem to recall there were 6 safe concerns. Any one of them could be shot down with the wind from a toy drone. 

[josephbloggs]

4 hours ago, tompelli said:

Guess money won over safety then.

Ok, please explain what the safety risks are of some low rise buildings near the airport, built within CAAT safety guidelines and approved at the planning stage.

 

How did money win over safety?  Would love to know what your insight is.  Please tell - I am sure it is something special.

 

And if you consider that a safety issue I guess we should flatten the terminal building, the Novotel, the ATC tower, all factories and warehouses in the vicinity, bridges, tollways etc.

Edited August 31, 2019 by josephbloggs

[josephbloggs]

19 hours ago, Chang_paarp said:

Surprise, surprise, surprise!

 

Who would have thunk that the result would come down in favour of Central.

Who would have thought indeed that the group that built some low rise buildings, with proper permits and planning permission - that were not infringing on anything at all - would win the judgement.

I can imagine if the AOT had won you would be saying the same thing about it being a surprise that King Power had used their influence blah blah....

[tompelli]

45 minutes ago, josephbloggs said:

Ok, please explain what the safety risks are of some low rise buildings near the airport, built within CAAT safety guidelines and approved at the planning stage.

 

How did money win over safety?  Would love to know what your insight is.  Please tell - I am sure it is something special.

 

And if you consider that a safety issue I guess we should flatten the terminal building, the Novotel, the ATC tower, all factories and warehouses in the vicinity, bridges, tollways etc.

Don't shoot the messenger?

He advised me to use both legal and politicalprinciples to solve the problem, while thinking of the country’s benefits and aviation safety as top priorities.”