Do you believe the BMA has the right to extend the contract allowing the BTS to run the skytrain? The current government says the BMA broke the law in renewing the contract.

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Do you believe the BMA has the right to extend the contract allowing the BTS to run the skytrain? The current government says the BMA broke the law in renewing the contract.

Start date:Jul 5, 2012
End date:Jul 6, 2012
Voters: 1,645 times

Yes
75.4%
No
12.8%
I don't know
1.9%
I'm not familiar with the issue
9.8%

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bula
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Discussion 7 : 06 Jul 2012 at 20.177
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I clicked about 300 yes clicks.
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tansri
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Discussion 6 : 06 Jul 2012 at 07.506
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The extension was done in secrecy and lack of transparency.
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genii
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Discussion 5 : 05 Jul 2012 at 21.305
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The court will decide the legitimacy of the contract but the question is why was it needed so many years in advance. It raises suspicion.
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Discussion 4 : 05 Jul 2012 at 21.194
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I don't care who runs it as long as they run it right and keep it at it's peak; It is at it's peak right now but the situation will deteriorate. The plan to wait 10 years to get more trains is insane. They need to run more trains at peak times because nobody likes squeezing in like sardines in a can. As they extend the lines, mega-condos and shopping centers get built along the routes and popularity increases it will only get worse.
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Discussion 3 : 05 Jul 2012 at 19.593
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You can be 100% sure that if the governor of Bangkok belonged to Pheu Thai, there would be absolutely no question of his authority to extend the contract. This is simply sour grapes.
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englishbob
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Discussion 2 : 05 Jul 2012 at 15.362
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The Skytrain is about the only thing that is modern and efficient in Bangkok.
It's fast, it's clean, it's cheap, it's safe, it's popular.
Tripadvisor rates it 4.5 out of 5.

BMA ensured this success would continue.
Peua Thai are simply after a slice of the cake.
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Discussion 1 : 05 Jul 2012 at 14.301
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BMA has the right to extend, but the law that they are rubbing on is kind of a grey area. Even if they have the right to extend, it doesn't expire in another decade and a half, they should not have renewed the contract without a bidding process.
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Do you believe the BMA has the right to extend the contract allowing the BTS to run the skytrain? The current government says the BMA broke the law in renewing the contract.

Do you believe the BMA has the right to extend the contract allowing the BTS to run the skytrain? The current government says the BMA broke the law in renewing the contract.

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