Chaeng Watthana Government Complex

Chaeng Watthana Government Complex (Thai: ศูนย์ราชการแจ้งวัฒนะ), or formally, the Government Complex Commemorating His Majesty the King's 80th Birthday Anniversary, 5 December, BE 2550 (2007) (Thai: ศูนย์ราชการเฉลิมพระเกียรติ 80 พรรษา 5 ธันวาคม 2550), is a complex of Thai Government buildings on Chaeng Watthana Road, Thung Song Hong Subdistrict, Lak Si District, Bangkok.

The complex was built in commemoration of King Bhumibol Adulyadej's 80th birthday. The complex construction project started in 2005 under Thaksin Shinawatra's regime and was completed in 2008.^[1] Its opening ceremony was held on 17 February 2010. The project cost 20,000 million baht.^[1]

The 349-rai (929,800 m²)^[1] land on which the complex sits belongs to the Treasury Department, Ministry of Finance.^[2] The complex is administered by Dhanarak Asset Development (ธนารักษ์พัฒนาสินทรัพย์) or DAD, a state enterprise attached to the Treasury Department.^[3]

The complex is divided into three zones: Zone A (100 rai) and Zone B (197 rai) are for government buildings, and Zone C (152 rai) supports the growth of the complex itself.^[1] The governmental buildings in the complex are divided into two groups:

Building A (อาคารเอ), or formally, the Ratchaburidirekrit Building (อาคารราชบุรีดิเรกฤทธิ์; named for Prince Rabi Badhanasakdi, the Prince of Ratchaburi (1874–1920), whom some consider to be the "father of Thai law"), is in Zone A and includes the justice-related agencies:

• Administrative courts
  • Central Administrative Court
  • Office of Administrative Courts
  • Supreme Administrative Court
• Constitutional Court
• Courts of justice
  • Central Bankruptcy Court
  • Central Intellectual Property and International Trade Court
  • Supreme Court of Justice
• Ministry of Justice
  • Department of Probation
  • Department of Rights and Liberties Protection
  • Department of Youth Observation and Protection
  • Permanent Secretariat for Justice
• Office of the Attorney General

Building B (อาคารบี), or formally, the Ratthaprasatphakdi Building (อาคารรัฐประศาสนภักดี), is in Zone B and is includes administrative agencies:

• Independent agencies
  • Office of Election Commission
  • Office of National Human Rights Commission
  • Office of Ombudsmen
• Ministry of Finance
  • Bangkok Regional Revenue Office 9
  • Treasury Department
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs
  • Department of Consular Affairs
• Ministry of Information and Communication Technology
  • National Statistical Office of Thailand
  • Permanent Secretariat for Information and Communication Technology
  • Software Industry Promotion Agency (Public Organisation)
• Ministry of Interior
  • Department of Community Development
  • Department of Land
• Ministry of Justice
  • Central Institute of Forensic Science
  • Department of Special Investigation
  • Office of Justice Affairs
• Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment
  • Biodiversity-Based Economy Development Office (Public Organisation)
  • Department of Marine and Coastal Resources
  • Thailand Greenhouse Gas Management Organisation (Public Organisation)
• Ministry of Public Health
  • Office of National Health Security
• Ministry of Science and Technology
  • Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency (Public Organisation)
• Office of the Prime Minister
  • Office of Consumer Protection Commission
  • Office of National Economic and Social Advisory Council
• Parliamentary agency
  • King Prajadhipok's Institute
• Royal Thai Police
  • Immigration Bureau
  • Office of Forensic Science Police

Other buildings include the "Chaeng Watthana Centara Government Complex Hotel and Convention Centre", a hotel with a convention centre called "Wayuphak Hall".^[4]

References

1. "ข้อมูลทั่วไป" [General information] (in Thai). Dhanarak Asset Development Company Limited. 2010. Retrieved 2013-12-09.
2. "แผนการปฏิบัติงาน" [Operating plan] (in Thai). Dhanarak Asset Development Company Limited. 2010. Retrieved 2013-12-09.
3. "เกี่ยวกับศูนย์ราชการ" [About the Complex] (in Thai). Dhanarak Asset Development Company Limited. 2010. Retrieved 2013-12-09.
4. "Centara Government Complex Hotel & Convention Centre Chaeng Watthana" (in Thai). Centara Hotels and Resorts. 2013. Retrieved 2013-12-09.

External links

• Official website

Coordinates: 13°53′N 100°34′E / 13.883°N 100.567°E