Malls and department stores set to open on May 17th, suggests insider

 

Picture: Daily News

 

An adviser to the national Covid-19 crisis committee has revealed that a further easing of restrictions in the retail sector is likely at the end of next week.

 

Klin Sarasin suggested that malls and shopping centers and the shops within them could reopen for trade on May 17th, Sunday week. 

 

This would be 14 days after partial restrictions were lifted on May 3rd.

 

He said that shops were ready for the "new normal" and they were just waiting for the government's green light.

 

The reopening would be dependent on the continuing improvement in the coronavirus figures and the public's willingness to observe protocols put in place at stores that are already open.

 

The message from Daily News was that the stores are ready and if the people are prepared to accept the new measures then it will be all systems go.

 

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Would this then be Phase 2 of soft openings and another test to see if we can behave ourselves when shopping in a bigger setting.  The Pharmacy I use only allows a person to enter when the Pharmacist has finished with their last customer, and there is social distancing tape placed on the sidewalk in front and a barrier limiting your distance to the counter and the pharmacist.  Payment is put into a container to your left and then the pharmacist pulls the container in, puts your order on the container tray with your change.  Lets see if this is the model for a mall....

25 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said:

Would this then be Phase 2 of soft openings and another test to see if we can behave ourselves when shopping in a bigger setting.  The Pharmacy I use only allows a person to enter when the Pharmacist has finished with their last customer, and there is social distancing tape placed on the sidewalk in front and a barrier limiting your distance to the counter and the pharmacist.  Payment is put into a container to your left and then the pharmacist pulls the container in, puts your order on the container tray with your change.  Lets see if this is the model for a mall....

Ridiculous OTT but Thais, being compliant, will love it

3 hours ago, BobBKK said:

Ridiculous OTT but Thais, being compliant, will love it

More like useful in preventing the spread like hasn't happened in many western countries. The results speak for themselves. It's got nothing to do with your nationality, just plain common sense precautions.

Edited May 7, 20206 yr by Gotalaugh
Typo

2 minutes ago, Gotalaugh said:

More like useful in preventing the spread like hasn't happened in many western countries. The results speak for themselves. It's got nothing to do with your nationality, just plain commenting sense precautions.

Well there is 3 new cases today, only 1 of which was in country the other 2 were from guys in quarantine on reentry of the country. So 68 million people have to be treated like children and told every move to make? So what happens when regular flu season happens in a few months?

Makes no sense? 

Awright, a leisurely coffee with a book back on the cards again. 2 hours max? Got it.

Hospitality and retail is done for a long time

restaurant’s may do better than the above but but real estate is 1991 for a long time  

36 minutes ago, onekoolguy said:

Well there is 3 new cases today, only 1 of which was in country the other 2 were from guys in quarantine on reentry of the country. So 68 million people have to be treated like children and told every move to make? So what happens when regular flu season happens in a few months?

Makes no sense? 

With everyone wearing masks and using hand sanitizer I believe the numbers for that will be very light.

With a two hour time limit and after two hours the tannoy calls your name to stop shopping, exit the mall or be fined 2000 baht...

1 hour ago, onekoolguy said:

Well there is 3 new cases today, only 1 of which was in country the other 2 were from guys in quarantine on reentry of the country. So 68 million people have to be treated like children and told every move to make? So what happens when regular flu season happens in a few months?

Makes no sense? 

Take a little time to think why there are so few cases here and why it hasn't got out of hand so far. Then have a look at countries where it has got out of hand and think why could that possibly have happened. Then consider which situation you would rather be in now and has it been worth it.

4 minutes ago, Gotalaugh said:

Take a little time to think why there are so few cases here and why it hasn't got out of hand so far. Then have a look at countries where it has got out of hand and think why could that possibly have happened. Then consider which situation you would rather be in now and has it been worth it.

I think the millions of unemployed Thais would prefer to have a job and some money.

How ever . Go with flow ...thailand whether luck ..good operation.. curfews thank you for your efforts during and still this virus 

13 minutes ago, tribalfusion001 said:

I think the millions of unemployed Thais would prefer to have a job and some money.

Yeah many would be starving without the free meals given at Temples and from various charitable people and institutions. They believe in fate and luck much more than we do.

1 hour ago, tribalfusion001 said:

With a two hour time limit and after two hours the tannoy calls your name to stop shopping, exit the mall or be fined 2000 baht...

Just like being on the rink roller skating with a blue band when the time was up for the blue band you exited or risked being blacklisted from skating again....oops I just dated myself probably.....

6 hours ago, ThailandRyan said:

Would this then be Phase 2 of soft openings and another test to see if we can behave ourselves when shopping in a bigger setting.  The Pharmacy I use only allows a person to enter when the Pharmacist has finished with their last customer, and there is social distancing tape placed on the sidewalk in front and a barrier limiting your distance to the counter and the pharmacist.  Payment is put into a container to your left and then the pharmacist pulls the container in, puts your order on the container tray with your change.  Lets see if this is the model for a mall....

Does the pharmacist wash his/her hands after handling your money and the going on to the next customer? If not, the dreaded lurgy is possibly being spread far and wide.

2 hours ago, Gotalaugh said:

The results speak for themselves

But they don't, why has Thailand so few cases, I see no social distancing at  all in fact  all I see is  the  normal routines.

2 hours ago, onekoolguy said:

Well there is 3 new cases today, only 1 of which was in country the other 2 were from guys in quarantine on reentry of the country. So 68 million people have to be treated like children and told every move to make? So what happens when regular flu season happens in a few months?

Makes no sense? 

OK let's look at  a comparison.  Asia went lockdown and as most Asians already wear face masks there was no issue there.  The governments shut everything down made sure tha people protected themselves.

 

Now let's look at supposed "smarter" countries and cities.

 

NYC is suposed to have all these rich smart people and they waitied until it got bad.  They even had the ability to have isolation locations where people that had the virus could be sent and treated.  Instead their government went your direction and said hey it is only a few people why the big deal.  Everyone stay on the subway. come to work, and oh yeah go home to your houses and out state residences.  You live in an old age home but have the virus no problem instead of sending you to a seperate medical facility we will send you back to the home.

 

In Ontario Canada everyone is crying because they may not get their party weekend in May.  Imagine if Thailand had said hey no big deal let's have Songkran and let people from all over the world come and party.   

 

I am quite happy tht that Thai government took this seriously.  They planned for the worst and we can be happy that it was not as bad.  Unlike the NY state where they said hell we can deal with it not a big deal and found out it is a big deal. 

 

 

3 minutes ago, Surasak said:

Does the pharmacist wash his/her hands after handling your money and the going on to the next customer? If not, the dreaded lurgy is possibly being spread far and wide.

Well they are wearing gloves and pharmacist coats, with face shields as well, so who knows what they are doing.  I do know that their is a sort of spray station you walk through before you get a squirt of sanitizer on your hands and you enter the store.  OTT maybe just a little, but it sure made me feel that they not only had there safety in mind but yours as well...

The mall here never actually closed but whenever we go to the mall we’re shuttled in the back way and they’re keeping the crowds reduced and not everything is open but we’ve bought two big expensive things at the mall in the last 6 weeks. It’s basically more like when is everything going to be 100% open again but the malls are open now. 

33 minutes ago, Nicks3 said:

The mall here never actually closed but whenever we go to the mall we’re shuttled in the back way and they’re keeping the crowds reduced and not everything is open but we’ve bought two big expensive things at the mall in the last 6 weeks. It’s basically more like when is everything going to be 100% open again but the malls are open now. 

Not sure what Mall your going to, but all the malls in Bangkok are shutdown.  Went to Central Lad Prao today as my daughter gets her hair cut in a shop next door.  Shuttered except a downstairs entrance to get to the food court, and locked off for going anywhere else.  Then went to shop at Tops in the Central Mall at Rama 9 MRT exit  No entrance to the food court from the MRT exit.  Instead you exit MRT, go up the stairs into the mall, no shops except food ones are opened, and follow markings, walking past all the food desks for ordering from about 2 dozen or so restaurants, then down only one working escalator to get into the downstairs food court and where Tops is located.  So in just one day I visited two malls and they are closed, not opened, well the food areas are accessible, so to someone that might mean the mall is open.  The mall at Silom where the other Tops is located is also shut except for the food court area, and access to the pharmacies such as Boots, Watsons, and The Lab.....

Edited May 7, 20206 yr by ThailandRyan

I don't care for malls, but if it gets the Bangkok DIY places open again I'm happy.

 

Madam has an increasing list of "little jobs" all of which need that little thingy from HomePro or MegaHome.

8 minutes ago, Crossy said:

I don't care for malls, but if it gets the Bangkok DIY places open again I'm happy.

 

Madam has an increasing list of "little jobs" all of which need that little thingy from HomePro or MegaHome.

I was in HomePro this morning, living up in the boonies does have its good points...????‍♂️..????

27 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said:

Not sure what Mall your going to, but all the malls in Bangkok are shutdown.  Went to Central Lad Prao today as my daughter gets her hair cut in a shop next door.  Shuttered except a downstairs entrance to get to the food court, and locked off for going anywhere else.  Then went to shop at Tops in the Central Mall at Rama 9 MRT exit  No entrance to the food court from the MRT exit.  Instead you exit MRT, go up the stairs into the mall, and follow markings, walking past all the food desks for ordering from about 2 dozen or so restaurants, then down only one working escalator to get into the downstairs food court and where Tops is located.  So in just one day I visited two malls and they are closed, not opened.  The mall at Silom where the other Tops is located is also shut except for the food court area.....

Same here at Futurepark

3 hours ago, Gotalaugh said:

More like useful in preventing the spread like hasn't happened in many western countries. The results speak for themselves. It's got nothing to do with your nationality, just plain common sense precautions.

OMG give me a break. Thais and common sense is one thing, but the results speak for themselves?  You really believe those numbers were recorded even half as correctly like in the U.K. or US, Italy etc? Yes now like in China the numbers are low but they are way ahead of the curve of the virus spreading. In the early days just like in Wuhan China, the Thai government cooked the books for obvious reasons...$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$€€€€€€€€€££££££££££££££. I have been in the U.K. since just before the lockdown, people (Brits) are very compliant. I live in central Bristol and it’s been a ghost city for months. Even Greggs has been shut down! Now tell me the UK hasn’t taken this virus seriously!

31 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said:

Not sure what Mall your going to, but all the malls in Bangkok are shutdown.  Went to Central Lad Prao today as my daughter gets her hair cut in a shop next door.  Shuttered except a downstairs entrance to get to the food court, and locked off for going anywhere else.  Then went to shop at Tops in the Central Mall at Rama 9 MRT exit  No entrance to the food court from the MRT exit.  Instead you exit MRT, go up the stairs into the mall, no shops except food ones are opened, and follow markings, walking past all the food desks for ordering from about 2 dozen or so restaurants, then down only one working escalator to get into the downstairs food court and where Tops is located.  So in just one day I visited two malls and they are closed, not opened, well the food areas are accessible, so to someone that might mean the mall is open.  The mall at Silom where the other Tops is located is also shut except for the food court area, and access to the pharmacies such as Boots, Watsons, and The Lab.....

Yeah I’m definitely not in Bangkok. Bangkok is probably fully shutdown but most cities here are not. 

33 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said:

Not sure what Mall your going to, but all the malls in Bangkok are shutdown.  Went to Central Lad Prao today as my daughter gets her hair cut in a shop next door.  Shuttered except a downstairs entrance to get to the food court, and locked off for going anywhere else.  Then went to shop at Tops in the Central Mall at Rama 9 MRT exit  No entrance to the food court from the MRT exit.  Instead you exit MRT, go up the stairs into the mall, no shops except food ones are opened, and follow markings, walking past all the food desks for ordering from about 2 dozen or so restaurants, then down only one working escalator to get into the downstairs food court and where Tops is located.  So in just one day I visited two malls and they are closed, not opened, well the food areas are accessible, so to someone that might mean the mall is open.  The mall at Silom where the other Tops is located is also shut except for the food court area, and access to the pharmacies such as Boots, Watsons, and The Lab.....

In fact they opened up most stores here today the few that actually did close. 

I guess the provincial governors and or mayors have more power than this Government believes they have....lol

Makes 0 sense, if it’s equally ridiculous like the actual social distancing when dining out. Felt like back to school, when I went to eat pizza yesterday with my gf. Well it’s BKK and I know out of the captial most places don’t care. But 1 Person per table kills the whole atmosphere. Told the owner (and we usually went there every 2 weeks), that we won’t return until we get a normal dining experience. (And guess most think the same , as during our 45min stay just 1other table was occupied)

1 minute ago, ThailandRyan said:

I guess the provincial governors and or mayors have more power than this Government believes they have....lol

I think you’re just getting bad information. 

2 minutes ago, Nicks3 said:

I think you’re just getting bad information. 

If the Government has shut down access to Malls and such, then unless you have a rouge governor, or someone's on the take, the malls should be closed everywhere....just my 2 cents.  So tell me how your malls and stores can be opened when only a few places have been allowed to open.  I realize that Bangkok has been pretty strict but I believed Prayut and companies directives were for all of Thailand.....maybe I am just foolish in thinking like this.