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Cabinet to mull B350bn flood plan terms

Published: 18 Mar 2013 at 00.00
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The terms of reference for the government's water management and flood prevention projects are set to reach the cabinet tomorrow despite warnings from experts that they are not ready.

Plodprasop: Plans revised, cost intact

The experts say the 350-billion-baht projects have not been studied sufficiently and may eventually fail.

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banmebkk
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Discussion 5 : 18 Mar 2013 at 15.545
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PTP took out money to fund a plan with no studies and brought in experts but only trust their own politicians advice more. So whats the use of experts? Whats the use of a plan if they are going to take money and squander it so they can pad their pockets. Useless like always.
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Discussion 4 : 18 Mar 2013 at 13.094
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In most countries I would listen to the engineer rather than the politician but this is Thailand so I'm still sat on the fence on this one. If they were really serious they would have got the Dutch to do it. Best in the world for flood control.
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Discussion 3 : 18 Mar 2013 at 11.073
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Can the public expect more unfinished, concrete 'Stonehenge' throughout the country from all these megaprojects?
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Discussion 2 : 18 Mar 2013 at 07.492
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So lets see, more than a year ago K water (Korean state owned company which solved their own flood problems) send in its own engineers (+- 50) to investigate the situation on the ground. They came up with a plan that will solve the flood problem. They however made one mistake, they didn't involve Thai academics and engineers. Now these academics and engineers turn against their plans, I wonder why? $$$$?
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Discussion 1 : 18 Mar 2013 at 06.191
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So lets see, the government has a plan to spend mega money to improve Thailand flood readiness. The "qualified" companies have other ideas so the government is changing plans? Shouldn't government experts create plans, and then companies bid to fulfill those plans? Or shouldn't the government hire consultants to make the plans, then get bids. Freshman business majors can organize better than this.
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