City Hall’s tunnel of light project questioned



BANGKOK: -- The Office of the Auditor-General has found something not right about the City Administration’s illuminating tunnel project as a New Year’s gift to Bangkokians and for tourism promotion.

Auditor-General Phisit Leelavachiropas told Thai PBS that there was no need for the City Administration to use emergency budget to implement the project had it planned the project months in advance.

He also observed that procurement of supplies for the project appeared to have done even before the City Administration announced the winner of the bidding for the project implementation.

Under the 40 million baht project, five million LED light bulbs will be used to decorate the City Hall and a tunnel-shape structure which will be used for three-dimensional lighting exhibition during the New Year’s festival.

However, many netizens have questioned whether the project worths the spending.


-- Thai PBS 2015-12-29

A bit more thought on using solar power too power the LED lights and highlight the need for more efficient use of non fossil fuels power sources ,

Technology is here to use the sun and i hope the government will push the abundance of sunlight use in the coming year,

The lights will look fantastic would have been so much better to have been powered by solar, and minimise the cost to the government.

Well Some contractor will be having a good new year,maybe buy mia noi some gold

Yes, 40 million baht spent on lights at city hall will bring more happiness to the people than putting food on their tables.

The question needs to be asked is this money well spent , for what purpose was this idea for and why was the orders placed for the lights before approval , the Auditor General is right something isn't right all right, just another days activities in Thailand ..................................

40 Million for some lights,for a few days,would that not be better

spent on schools,hospitals,the poor living on the streets.let there

be light !

regards Worgeordie

Guess you guys haven't seen all the led's at the walkingbridges between Central World and Chidlom? You almost can't walk there, soo many people are making pictures.

Guess you guys haven't seen all the led's at the walkingbridges between Central World and Chidlom? You almost can't walk there, soo many people are making pictures.

A lot of us live in the country side where there is inadequate lighting and in some villages no power at all. They ought to switch the power of in Bangkok for a night and see how the real people live most nights

Edited December 29, 201510 yr by aussiesteve63

40 million Baht? Sounds like pocket change when comparing to buying some statues.

Guess you guys haven't seen all the led's at the walkingbridges between Central World and Chidlom? You almost can't walk there, soo many people are making pictures.

A lot of us live in the country side where there is inadequate lighting and in some villages no power at all. They ought to switch the power of in Bangkok for a night and see how the real people live most nights

In the outback in Oz there also are no lights, maybe that's why almost nobody lives there?

Guess you guys haven't seen all the led's at the walkingbridges between Central World and Chidlom? You almost can't walk there, soo many people are making pictures.

A lot of us live in the country side where there is inadequate lighting and in some villages no power at all. They ought to switch the power of in Bangkok for a night and see how the real people live most nights

In the outback in Oz there also are no lights, maybe that's why almost nobody lives there?

What a stupid answer the majority of Thais don't live in Bangkok either

Charge admission to see, extra to take pictures- dual level pricing. Paid off in no time. (Sarcasm at no charge.)

Guess you guys haven't seen all the led's at the walkingbridges between Central World and Chidlom? You almost can't walk there, soo many people are making pictures.

A lot of us live in the country side where there is inadequate lighting and in some villages no power at all. They ought to switch the power of in Bangkok for a night and see how the real people live most nights

In the outback in Oz there also are no lights, maybe that's why almost nobody lives there?

What a stupid answer the majority of Thais don't live in Bangkok either

Nobody forced those farangs to live in the area's where there's no electricity. They went there because it was so cheap but don't have to live there. Now they start complaining there's no electrcity, high speed internet, good roads and so on.

Most tourists coming to Thailand fly to BKK and also visit the city where they rent the expensive hotelrooms. They spend more money in 1 day then people in the poor provinces make in a month. If a few led-lights can attract more of those big spenders then that's good for the whole country.

Guess you guys haven't seen all the led's at the walkingbridges between Central World and Chidlom? You almost can't walk there, soo many people are making pictures.

I've seen it. Its horrible. And Thais haven't realized yet, its only been decades, tourists take pictures of everything when they are on holiday! Especially now with digital photos. It doesn't mean lights on a bridge with a song playing on a loop is the best thing they've ever seen!

Well Some contractor will be having a good new year,maybe buy mia noi some gold

...and some city officials and their Mia Nois. Big projects are where the opportunities are for top government employees to reap huge benefits through corruption by under-the-table payments. Business as usual.

Guess you guys haven't seen all the led's at the walkingbridges between Central World and Chidlom? You almost can't walk there, soo many people are making pictures.

A lot of us live in the country side where there is inadequate lighting and in some villages no power at all. They ought to switch the power of in Bangkok for a night and see how the real people live most nights

In the outback in Oz there also are no lights, maybe that's why almost nobody lives there?

What a stupid answer the majority of Thais don't live in Bangkok either

Nobody forced those farangs to live in the area's where there's no electricity. They went there because it was so cheap but don't have to live there. Now they start complaining there's no electrcity, high speed internet, good roads and so on.

Most tourists coming to Thailand fly to BKK and also visit the city where they rent the expensive hotelrooms. They spend more money in 1 day then people in the poor provinces make in a month. If a few led-lights can attract more of those big spenders then that's good for the whole country.

Most of us came here because our wives came from places beyond Bangkok.

All the money made in Bangkok stays there lining the pockets of the corrupt and the elite, it would be nice if some of that money made it to where it's needed most, but never in my lifetime.

Also I came up here to get away from the things you think we crave.

Edited December 29, 201510 yr by aussiesteve63

Guess you guys haven't seen all the led's at the walkingbridges between Central World and Chidlom? You almost can't walk there, soo many people are making pictures.

I've seen it. Its horrible. And Thais haven't realized yet, its only been decades, tourists take pictures of everything when they are on holiday! Especially now with digital photos. It doesn't mean lights on a bridge with a song playing on a loop is the best thing they've ever seen!

I also don't care for christmaslights but Asians love it and those are the tourists coming to Thailand right now.

Happy chlistmas klab.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DuWXWEESqLs

Edited December 29, 201510 yr by Thian

Interesting - an illuminating project with no transparency!

Guess you guys haven't seen all the led's at the walkingbridges between Central World and Chidlom? You almost can't walk there, soo many people are making pictures.

A lot of us live in the country side where there is inadequate lighting and in some villages no power at all. They ought to switch the power of in Bangkok for a night and see how the real people live most nights

In the outback in Oz there also are no lights, maybe that's why almost nobody lives there?

There are occasional lights in the outback. We call them close encounters...