Authorities plan turning Bangkok's Klong Prem prison into transport hub

[Emdog]

Too many Hub, Bub. Bah.

[anotheruser]

There's that word again.

It would match the airport at least, I suppose.

[anotheruser]

Has there been a 'mono rail' derailment yet?

Please be patient, would it make you feel better if that happened?

[Robby nz]

So BKK is to get another 45 billion spent on it.

Seems the rural areas have enough already, plenty of good schools and access to health care.

Doesn't really matter because they will vote PT anyway, well possibly not for long, what with the rubber farmers unhappy and I see the palm oil farmers have joined in and just today that rice farmers saying they are not happy with the latest cuts.

Just a thought, how far would 45 billion go to preventing the trains from falling off the tracks?

[bluesmith]

let me guess the name of the new hotel Bangkok Hilton and all in mate will be move and house at the New Parliament Building that way all the crooks are under the same roof

[jojodontyouknow]

Personally I think half of the money should be spent on teaching people to pronounce Ngarmwongwang

[tingtongfarang]

I fail to understand how all these malls make money as there are so many of them, Although i only go in one mall one time per month to pay the internet i dont see many people buying stuff apart from a coffee or shabushi,

most thais i know only talk about free aircon.

[ballpoint]

Good idea. There must be at least a dozen tunnels converging on it already, and the mall can sell off all the mobile phones, pharmaceutical products and weaponry the prisoners leave behind.

[Minnehaha]

HUB. and Prison

may not be the best pairing of wording. I assume it could be worse.

or strategic development

or publicity

How do people get it so wrong?

[ballpoint]

Just don't bend over in the soap shop.

[tomacht8]

The 45 billion they can may finance with bail out money from all prisoners.

[outsider]

I was starting to get withdrawal syndromes... then two hub stories made my fill. Should keep me going for the next 24 hours.

[IsaanUSA]

So if I am reading this right, this proposed "transport hub" will link with one proposed mono-rail line. How is that a hub of anything?

[hellodolly]

I could have sworn this was going to be a 'Not The Nation' article. Seems that once again reality is stranger than fiction,

I just about fell out of my chair laughing when I saw how little of the area was going to be transportation. Not that it matters the politicians will call it any thing they want as they grab their 30%.

[hellodolly]

just get on with it and build the station and depot instead of wasting public money on more shopping malls, serviced apartments etc.bloody scandalous.

I didnt know Governments built Department stores and Shopping malls

They do here! Its more fun than building universities and schools.

Or training teachers.

Don't want the general population to get to smart. Not enough red shirts to control that many people. Who knows some of them might learn something also.

[bander]

And the prisoners................?

Good old Kittirat - hub of half-cocked schemes.

I thought for a moment that he was suggesting moving Morchit bus station to Klong Prem. They haven't yet come up with a new location for Morchit but I'm sure it will be just as inaccessible to overhead or underground trains.

People who have nothing to say except insults should crawl under the slimy rock from whence they came.

Nobody force you to read it, by the way, where is your slimy rock?

[Bkungbank]

It's better to moved out existing location example the government office in Cheng Wattana was very disaster as the way to go only Vipahwadi road where the traffic cannot handle thousands of cars daily not talking about after rain you can stuck in hours.

National lottery building moved from Rajadamri to Sanambin Nam where other disaster where cars are parking on the road side cause only one lane and now another new project the place will be haunted as death penalty in the prison. hte main problems is the shopping mall nearby where cars moving in and out causing the Namwong wan road jammed.

[noitom]

It is expected that within one year of opening there will be more hub caps here than anywhere else in the world which is bound to attract thousands of "hub" afficienados who will want to see the museum and walk lazily down Hub Street which will be based on Walking Street with lots of Michelin girls scantily glad in tyres who stroll past offering to give you 30 psi for a consideration alt=giggle.gif width=20 height=25>

And they can have a Huburger while they are admiring the hub caps. And they are now officially the "ris" capital as in "hubris."

[sirchai]

I'm thankful that these prisoners will have a Condo soon. Or maybe just a condom? Not even Buddha knows-

[marell]

I'm sure the folks living there will welcome some transportation options

[hellodolly]

It's better to moved out existing location example the government office in Cheng Wattana was very disaster as the way to go only Vipahwadi road where the traffic cannot handle thousands of cars daily not talking about after rain you can stuck in hours.

National lottery building moved from Rajadamri to Sanambin Nam where other disaster where cars are parking on the road side cause only one lane and now another new project the place will be haunted as death penalty in the prison. hte main problems is the shopping mall nearby where cars moving in and out causing the Namwong wan road jammed.

Glad you mentioned that. I had another look at the map and there is no provision for parking in this so called transportation hub which is in reality just another part of Bangkok. Homes, business, shopping mall and hotel.

Just what every efficient transportation Hub needs.

[gemini81]

First, thanks for the fix; 'hub' I was withdrawing for 'hub' so bad I thought I might need some anti-hub methadone!

You all remember Chalerm's son is an advisor for the transport dept? Just say his name and you can't help but imagine every 'project' transport-related must reek of graft and theft.

[finnomick]

...thereby giving the inmates a none too speedy getaway perhaps ?

[SNGLIFE]

Isn't Bangkok still sinking? It boggles the mind why they move forward with projects like this. Oh...graft...

[tonneke breda]

And then, where will they put Thaksin, when he's coming back, or will they build a new luxury cell for him on top of this place??

[rametindallas]

And the prisoners................?

Good old Kittirat - hub of half-cocked schemes.

I thought for a moment that he was suggesting moving Morchit bus station to Klong Prem. They haven't yet come up with a new location for Morchit but I'm sure it will be just as inaccessible to overhead or underground trains.

People who have nothing to say except insults should crawl under the slimy rock from whence they came.

You should be embarrassed defending this nonsense.