Building period for new Thai Parliament complex extended by over a year

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Building period for new Parliament complex extended by over a year
WASAMON AUDJARINT
THE NATION



BANGKOK: -- THE House of Representatives Secretariat yesterday extended the construction period for the new Parliament building, with Sino Thai Engineering and Constriction given another 387 days and two extension options.

A memorandum on the extension was signed at Parliament by Saithip Chaowalittawil, acting secretary-general of the secretariat, and Sino Thai president Pakpoom Strichamni. The document does not mention financial issues.

Project adviser Chotjutha Ajsorn said after the signing the extension was required because state property where building will take place was occupied by a school, offices and communities.

Due to bureaucratic complications, original buildings on the land could not be removed in time, he said.

Yothinburana School, a notable building in the area, would have its land expropriated as early as the beginning of next year. But it would take until the middle of next year at least to demolish the old building, he said.

He said Sino Thai had struggled to find sufficient space to dump soil dug up during the construction process within a 10 kilometre radius of the construction site, resulting in delays.

The soil, however, has now been sold and was expected to be removed from the site within 20 days, he added.

With about 15 per cent of the job completed, the construction is expected to be completed in early 2018.

While Sino Thai is allowed to extend the construction period two more times, it has not been decided how long those periods would be.

The Bt12-billion project began in 2013 and was originally expected to be completed this year.

After Sino Thai raised concerns about the delays, National Legislative Assembly president Pornpetch Wichitcholchai set up an investigative committee.

The long delay also concerned Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha, who used his power under Article 44 of the interim charter to remove Charae Panpruang as secretary-general of the secretariat. It was speculated that Charae was removed because of delays in clearing up land hand-over issues.

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/politics/Building-period-for-new-Parliament-complex-extende-30273585.html


-- The Nation 2015-11-24

[candide]

Another good reason to postpone elections!

[JAG]

Well it's not as if they are going to need a parliament building anytime soon!

[chainarong]

Well it's not as if they are going to need a parliament building anytime soon!

Not a Democratically Elected one anyway.

[waldroj]

Bureaucratic complications? That's a novel corruption of reality.

With spinster skills like this, Chotjutha should be working for TAT.

[Reigntax]

A time extension to permit more commissions to be extorted from the builders to bring happiness to the junta cohorts.

[Eric Loh]

Well it's not as if they are going to need a parliament building anytime soon!

If it is just a rubber stamp process, you really don't need a Parliament.

[ldiablo]

Prayut Chan-o-cha, who used his power under Article 44 of the interim charter to remove Charae Panpruang as secretary-general of the secretariat. It was speculated that Charae was removed because of delays in clearing up land hand-over issues.

Again i see article 44 is being used for the good of national security.

[billd766]

Another good reason to postpone elections!

Well it's not as if they are going to need a parliament building anytime soon!

Perhaps neither of you have noticed but they are still using the current parliamentary building whilst still waiting for the new one complete with all the delays and cost overruns inherited from the previous government.

[elgordo38]

Well it's not as if they are going to need a parliament building anytime soon!

If it is just a rubber stamp process, you really don't need a Parliament.

You need a place to showcase your laurels.

[elgordo38]

Prayut Chan-o-cha, who used his power under Article 44 of the interim charter to remove Charae Panpruang as secretary-general of the secretariat. It was speculated that Charae was removed because of delays in clearing up land hand-over issues.

Again i see article 44 is being used for the good of national security.

The guy was just to slow in expropriating.

[MZurf]

Another good reason to postpone elections!

Well it's not as if they are going to need a parliament building anytime soon!

Perhaps neither of you have noticed but whilst still waiting for the new one complete with all the delays and cost overruns inherited from the previous government.

"...they are still using the current parliamentary building..."

Yes, but why and for what??

[candide]

Another good reason to postpone elections!

Well it's not as if they are going to need a parliament building anytime soon!

Perhaps neither of you have noticed but they are still using the current parliamentary building whilst still waiting for the new one complete with all the delays and cost overruns inherited from the previous government.

It escaped you that I was being sarcastic. Maybe it's not a significantly less valid reason than the others they put forward.

[JAG]

Another good reason to postpone elections!

Well it's not as if they are going to need a parliament building anytime soon!

Perhaps neither of you have noticed but they are still using the current parliamentary building whilst still waiting for the new one complete with all the delays and cost overruns inherited from the previous government.

Perhaps you have not noticed that they don't have a parliament at the moment. They have a junta, the head of which rules by decree (because that is what article 44 really is), and an appointed " legislative assembly" of cronies which sits in the place of an elected parliament.

Frankly they might as well operate from the Officers Club bar!

[fred Kubasa]

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