Malls call for banks, IT businesses, general stores and electrical shops to be allowed to open

[webfact]

Picture: Sanook

 

Noppaporn Withoonchart of the Thai Shopping Centres Association is calling on the Thai government to allow banks, IT businesses, general stores that sell important items and electrical goods stores in malls to reopen. 

 

He has initiated a project with a whole list of proposals to allow this to happen, reported Sanook yesterday. 

 

Measures included vaccination for all staff and antigen tests with daily reports, stopping staff eating together, restrictions on numbers in stores according to their square meterage, rest and waiting areas outside shops, the supply of plastic gloves, queuing systems and cashless payment systems. 

 

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[ThailandRyan]

Wait, I thought Banks and cellular/IT shops were already allowed to stay open in malls as well as pharmacies.

[BKKTRAVELER]

1 minute ago, ThailandRyan said:

Wait, I thought Banks and cellular/IT shops were already allowed to stay open in malls as well as pharmacies.

Last I went, only pharmacy and grocery stores were open. Restaurants only for delivery through apps or drop off spot.

[rabas]

 

I personally call for the little shops selling reading glasses to be open. Having broken all of mine.

 

But would they open even if allowed too? How much could they make with little mall traffic?

 

Edited August 12, 2021 by rabas

[John Drake]

5 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said:

Wait, I thought Banks and cellular/IT shops were already allowed to stay open in malls as well as pharmacies.

Most of the branches of Bangkok Bank in malls are closed.

[2long]

Yeah, vaccinate all the staff working for franchised businesses in malls owned by billionaires.

But whatever you do, do not vaccinate the small local restaurant owners! Privately-owned restaurants in many provinces are suffering huge losses and have been for many months.

- alcohol sales

- 25/50% occupancy limits

- total closures for eat ins

- Grab/Lineman/FoodPanda charging 30%+ on sales!

 

Let's get these businesses back up and running before banks and electronic goods stores in malls!

[ThailandRyan]

Confusing to say the least

[BKKTRAVELER]

3 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said:

Confusing to say the least

Should be Thailand's new slogan 555

[ThailandRyan]

12 minutes ago, BKKTRAVELER said:

Should be Thailand's new slogan 555

Ah yes Thailand the Hub of Confusion

[hotchilli]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

Noppaporn Withoonchart of the Thai Shopping Centres Association is calling on the Thai government to allow banks, IT businesses, general stores that sell important items and electrical goods stores in malls to reopen. 

No need, high street shops have got that all covered.

[overt2016]

3 hours ago, ThailandRyan said:

Wait, I thought Banks and cellular/IT shops were already allowed to stay open in malls as well as pharmacies.

Only pharmacies at Central Pinklao.

[John Drake]

37 minutes ago, overt2016 said:

Only pharmacies at Central Pinklao.

And Tops

[Caldera]

They should never have been closed in the first place.

 

Phones are essential when staying at home, and so are electrical appliances like fans and rice cookers.

 

Closed banks in malls and shopping centers just means insane queues at regular branches that remain open - I've seen a few.

[spidermike007]

Keeping stores like Home Pro, Global House, etc. closed in the dark red zones is proof of the insanity that has swept this nation. Those are huge stores, with social distancing being easy, and transactions are one on one. Little to no risk, compared to Tesco or Makro. It is selective asylum behavior. Sheer fear mongering. And the same applies to the small mom and pop kiosk shops, the electronics shops and the small vendors in front of some of the malls. 

 

Let the people make a living, or dig into the army treasury and help the people. Since the Thai army is a completely and utterly useless organization, that serves no obvious function for society, use their treasure to help the people.

 

Say it aint so! Huh? Us, help them? Are you kidding me? Why would we help them?

[kingstonkid]

Hey it could be worse you could be living in the land of Oz where they have 1 person test positive and they shut down the entire city.

 

I noticed that that new article has not made it here

https://www.foxnews.com/world/australias-capital-city-to-enforce-snap-lockdown

[it is what it is]

it was the same in the uk, each industry thought they were a special case and should be exempt from the lockdown. unfortunatley once you start making excemptions where do you stop? if the government wants to beat this virus they need to dramatically increase vaccinations and hold their nerve on lockdown - difficult for a populist minded leadership.