DSI says skytrain extension deal likely to be nullified

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DSI says skytrain extension deal likely to be nullified

Published: 8 Jun 2012 at 00.00
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City Hall's decision to award a 190 billion baht contract to the BTS Skytrain appears to be unauthorised and is likely to be nullified, the Department of Special Investigation says, citing its preliminary findings.

Tarit: Deal appears to be unauthorised

DSI director-general Tarit Pengdith yesterday said a statement by Interior Minister Yongyuth Wichaidit indicating that the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has no authority to sign the extension of the concession represents a key piece of information.

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englishbob
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Discussion 13 : 08 Jun 2012 at 17.5513
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Doesn't this feel depressingly like the tablet computer contract? And the baggage scanners?
ad infinitum...
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Discussion 12 : 08 Jun 2012 at 17.3312
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Now everyone want tea money before they leave their post, corruption at the top is getting out of hand. Thailand need a Hong Kong style ICAC to catch all these politicians from stealing public money.
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Discussion 11 : 08 Jun 2012 at 13.1211
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"DSI director-general Tarit Pengdith yesterday said a statement by Interior Minister Yongyuth Wichaidit indicating that the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has no authority to sign the extension of the concession represents a key piece of information."

On what basis?
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Discussion 10 : 08 Jun 2012 at 12.2310
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Bangkok voters will remember who is trying to stop the expansion of their public transport.
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Discussion 9 : 08 Jun 2012 at 10.359
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BTS and MRT pack their paying customers like cattle .When are more lines going to built ?
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Discussion 8 : 08 Jun 2012 at 10.068
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Boy, you really can tell there is some big push money behind this one
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Discussion 7 : 08 Jun 2012 at 09.007
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Perhaps a smart move to justify the signing would have been to explain the 'rationale' that it would allow the operators to accelerate investment in more carriages and elevators on both sides of every station - you know.....something to make us believe the motives are for the good of the customer!!
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Discussion 6 : 08 Jun 2012 at 08.556
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The Bangkok Transit System operates under a charter granted by the Bangkok Municipal Authority. If the BMA does not have authority over the BTS, who does? Does anything ever happen in Thailand that is not politically motivated?
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Discussion 5 : 08 Jun 2012 at 08.405
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Regardless of authority issue, this contract stinks and lacks of transparency. Why it has to signed 17 years before expiry and in secrecy? If the action and authority is legitimate, should and can BMA Gov. sign all BMA purchase and construction contracts for the next 50 years now before his term ends?
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Discussion 4 : 08 Jun 2012 at 07.334
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RE: D! I would like to see the paperwork and studies that justify signing the contract now that does not expire until 20 years later. Surly there must be some documentation somewhere that they can produce to justify the action of committing the State, but it gets nothing in return...
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