First we want the BACC Foundation to continue running the art centre, as the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration [BMA] has no experience in running an art centre. As running an art centre requires particular expertise, artists and culture experts have questioned the management skills of the BMA bureaucrats. As of Sunday 7pm, more than 6,700 supporters had agreed to fight to free the art centre from the BMA and allow the Art and Culture Centre Foundation to continue running it. The governor announced he would assign the Culture, Sport and Tourism Department of the BMA to run the city-funded art centre. “Last year 1.7 million people visited the art centre of whom 35 per cent were students,” Pawit said.

Source: The Nation Bangkok May 13, 2018 18:05 UTC