Site for new Parliament to be picked tomorrow

The three final locations to be selected are the 200-rai oil depot land belonging to the State Railway of Thailand (SRT) in Klong Toey, a plot belonging to the Department of Army Transportation in Kiak Kai area, and the land belonging to the Royal's Thai Army's Ordinance Department in Nonthaburi's Pak Kret District.

Samak ordered the panel finding the location for the new Parliament to check with the SRT over the rent for the land. If the Kiak Kai plot is to be chosen, the major obstacle to overcome is the opposition of residents living in the area. The Ordinance plot has a weak point of having only 140-metres width adjacent to the Chao Phya River.