From the ministry of health.
Anti-alcool-activists wants an alcool-ban during songkran 13-15.04
While 2.minister Manit Nopamornbodee supports this ban,the minister of health Witthaya Kaewparadai wants more informations.
He will support this plan also but is concerned over the results for Hotel-Restaurants-and Entertainmentindustry wich will hit the tourism again.
Alcohol ban on Songkran?
Even if they did, nobody would take the blindest bit of notice, completely unworkable. They can't even enforce the existing booze laws.
Fantasy land! Another classic one from the "Ministry of Good Ideas".
Earth calling the minstry, come back! Permission to orbit the outer planets is revoked.
Fantasy land! Another classic one from the "Ministry of Good Ideas".
Earth calling the minstry, come back! Permission to orbit the outer planets is revoked.
Resolve dissolves in alcohol
Yes, it’s like the alcohol bans at elections, it hits the tourist industry but doesn’t really achieve anything else as the majority of Thais drink in the home or village, so they just stock-up in advance.
I was in the village in Issan during one of these bans, and the police helpfully came round a couple of hours before to warn people to buy what they needed before the ban came into effect.
I was in the village in Issan during one of these bans, and the police helpfully came round a couple of hours before to warn people to buy what they needed before the ban came into effect.
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This booze-ban could come in anytime,for this Songkran or the next,and
the tourist-bar areas will be the only dry areas in town..beer-wise.
We saw it last year for the elections,all Bintabaat etc shut, up near the railway all Thai bars open till early-hours. Same on Buddha-days.
Yes the road-toll of RTA related deaths is beyond belief,and some of it IS drink-driving,but why penalise the humble tourists?
Lets just get one thing clear...if they really valued tourism here in HH would you not think the Muppets that run Toytown would see the need for pedestrian-zones,(nite-time down Poolsuk is hell now),fix the pavements,stop tuk-tuks parking on street-corners so the elderly cannot cross the road as easily,shift them damn horses from the beach-entrance,put up a footbridge so tourists can get to/from the rail station/Saturkarn Square safely.
I'll stop cos I'm straying off the topic, just to say those dimwits that pass laws in this town will ban alcohol at a stroke of a pen for this New Yr.
the tourist-bar areas will be the only dry areas in town..beer-wise.
We saw it last year for the elections,all Bintabaat etc shut, up near the railway all Thai bars open till early-hours. Same on Buddha-days.
Yes the road-toll of RTA related deaths is beyond belief,and some of it IS drink-driving,but why penalise the humble tourists?
Lets just get one thing clear...if they really valued tourism here in HH would you not think the Muppets that run Toytown would see the need for pedestrian-zones,(nite-time down Poolsuk is hell now),fix the pavements,stop tuk-tuks parking on street-corners so the elderly cannot cross the road as easily,shift them damn horses from the beach-entrance,put up a footbridge so tourists can get to/from the rail station/Saturkarn Square safely.
I'll stop cos I'm straying off the topic, just to say those dimwits that pass laws in this town will ban alcohol at a stroke of a pen for this New Yr.
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I must admit I did expect a bit more common sense from K.Abhisit's government.
As others have said, you can easily buy alcohol from the Thai shops (especially out of town). We've never been denied a drink during any of the so-called 'dry' days, and the Thais (who I guess are the ones they are targetting) know where they can buy it. 'Just fill up my M-150 bottle with kao lao, please'.
Unfortunately tourists will normally buy booze from the supermarkets, 7/11 or hotels. and they're the places who will stick by the rules.
It seems like Thailand is on some kind of suicide mission here.
VS
As others have said, you can easily buy alcohol from the Thai shops (especially out of town). We've never been denied a drink during any of the so-called 'dry' days, and the Thais (who I guess are the ones they are targetting) know where they can buy it. 'Just fill up my M-150 bottle with kao lao, please'.
Unfortunately tourists will normally buy booze from the supermarkets, 7/11 or hotels. and they're the places who will stick by the rules.
It seems like Thailand is on some kind of suicide mission here.
VS
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Here we go again. There was so much in the news about trying to reduce the carnage over New Year and some quite sensible suggestions in the papers. All to no effect - the Death and injury toll was as bad as always.
As everyone who's posted has aready said, those who want a drink will get it.
it's the mentality that needs changing and that is not easy but education is the answer not half arsed edicts.
Sabai Jai
As everyone who's posted has aready said, those who want a drink will get it.
it's the mentality that needs changing and that is not easy but education is the answer not half arsed edicts.
Sabai Jai
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