Ministry to probe BMA's Skytrain contract
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Deputy Interior Minister Choochat Hansawas said he would investigate the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA)'s decision to hand a Bt190-billion contract to the current operator of Skytrain system, BTSC - saying the BMA had not kept the ministry advi
During the House meeting Thursday, Pheu Thai Bangkok MP Jirayu Huangsab asked if prior approval had been sought from the ministry. The contract’s section 27.1 stated if a concession extension was desired, the firm must notify BMA at least three years (but no more than five years) before the concession expired – and the interior minister must approve it first, he said.
The Nation
