Court orders 5-star hotel pulled down

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Court orders 5-star hotel pulled down

Aetas Bangkok illegally built in Soi Ruam Rudi

Published: 11/02/2012 at 03:17 AM
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City authorities will move to demolish the Aetas Bangkok Hotel in Soi Ruam Rudi if the hotel operator ignores an order from the Administrative Court that the building is illegal.

The Aetas Bangkok Hotel in Soi Ruam Rudi on Phloenchit Road is facing demolition after the Administrative Court found on Thursday that its construction breached regulations. PATIPAT JANTHONG

Deputy Bangkok Governor Thirachon Manomaipibul yesterday said he had instructed the director of the Pathumwan district office to order the owners of the hotel to pull it down as soon as the office receives an order from the Administrative Court.

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ricefield
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Discussion 15 : 11/02/2012 at 10:45 PM15
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In any normal country when this situation occurs the hotel would be given a variance. Years of court battles will end in the hotel still standing and the incompetent BMA will lose face.
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Discussion 14 : 11/02/2012 at 08:27 PM14
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There is no inherent relationship between soi width and building height! How is a soi width of 9.9 meters somehow so dangerous as to be illegal, even though a soi width of 10.0 meters is perfectly OK?

Perhaps the city wants to have some sort of artistic relationship between wide streets and tall buildings. If so, the city should use less drastic and less expensive methods - for example, a daily fine assessed against the building for as long as it remains in violation, the proceeds of which are used to pay for soi-widening projects.
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Discussion 13 : 11/02/2012 at 03:49 PM13
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A very important question will be who owns the hotel and which influential friends are in the background. Will all the other hundreds of tall buildings in small sois also be demolished to avoid double standards?
It would be interesting to see if this court decision influences the small soi high-rise property prices.
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Discussion 12 : 11/02/2012 at 03:08 PM12
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I can see this building being demolished. An example to all will be made. They will also be given a time scale in which to do it. But what about the dust pollution,chaos also when it is being demolished. Perhaps the fixtures and fittings could be given to the people who have had there dwellings affected by the floods. I am talking about the people in the rural areas which were affected. The worse cases, let them come and strip 2 rooms each per family.
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Discussion 11 : 11/02/2012 at 02:48 PM11
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Welcome to Pattaya! Almost every high rise construction is violating the law let beside shop houses, private houses etc. The entire seaside buildings of the famous Walking Street are build illegal; demolition was ordered more than 20 years ago – Yes 20 years – but they still stand and will always be except they fall apart because of substandard building quality! It’s fascinating to watch and enjoy this!
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Discussion 10 : 11/02/2012 at 12:23 PM10
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#6 who will audit the audit team, another principled audit team or would you suggest all the misinformed righteous Bangkokpost bloggers as a representative group of principled people?
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Discussion 9 : 11/02/2012 at 12:11 PM9
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This is clearly to point more fingers and bring up more negativity at the previous government. In the past 10 years there has been more than 100 condos built by roads less than 10 meters wide. Just drive around sukhumvit and look at the countless condos popping up all over the place in the Sois. Not to mention new ones that are being approve now and are set to be built next year.
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Discussion 8 : 11/02/2012 at 11:29 AM8
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Some crew will come and make the sidewalk smaller paid for by the hotel and everything will be be forgotten .You can bank on it .They did .
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Discussion 7 : 11/02/2012 at 09:57 AM7
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I agree with D1 and D5....the appeals process is so slow and cumbersome and subject to political intervention that nothing will ever happen.
Everyone knows that it was built on payoffs for approvals as are most every project in the city. Even projects that are within the law must pay as well unless they have connections.
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Discussion 6 : 11/02/2012 at 09:17 AM6
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Thailand needs a large "principaled" Auditing team to watch over all Government agencies.
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