Popular Post snoop1130 Posted April 3 Popular Post Share Posted April 3 The Thai Health Promotion Foundation, StopDrink Network (SDN), and other relevant agencies conducted a press conference on Monday to deliberate on the celebration of Songkran in a manner that prioritised enjoyment, safety, and the absence of violence. Pairoj Saonuam, Deputy Manager of Thai Health, emerged as one of the prominent speakers at the event. Pairoj ardently advocated for the celebration of Songkran in areas that were devoid of alcohol. He emphasised that the presence of alcohol was not a prerequisite for enjoyment. He believed that the festival could be equally enjoyable, if not more, without the inclusion of alcohol. Data supporting Pairoj’s proposition came from a survey conducted during the Songkran days in the previous year, 2023. The survey reached out to 1,339 individuals, comprising 939 Thai citizens and 400 foreigners, spread across 18 provinces in Thailand. The statistics were highly suggestive of a favourable response to the concept of an alcohol-free Songkran. The data revealed that 88.90% of the foreigners were satisfied with the idea of organising alcohol-free Songkran events. In the case of the Thai respondents, 75.83% agreed with the concept. Furthermore, 79.23% were in favour of water play in designated areas, 77.74% agreed to control alcohol in designated areas, and 73.16% supported the ban on alcohol sponsors and advertisements by hosts. When asked about the possible benefits of organising alcohol-free Songkran events, the respondents were overwhelmingly positive. A whopping 90.42% agreed that it would result in a more secure festival environment. Additionally, 89.99% believed it could help reduce the number of road accidents, while 89.67% thought it could mitigate the incidence of street quarrels. Sexual harassment, a pressing issue in mass gatherings, was also brought up in the survey. Some 85.20% of the respondents believed that an alcohol-free Songkran could help lessen cases of such behaviour. Lastly, 80.30% of the respondents agreed that the absence of alcohol would not negatively impact Thai tourism. The data gathered from the survey indicates a high level of support for the idea of an alcohol-free Songkran celebration. As Thailand gears up for another round of the traditional festival, it is evident that a significant proportion of the population is ready to embrace a new, safer way of celebrating. By Top Caption: Picture courtesy of Pattaya News Source: The Thaiger 2024-04-03 - Discover how Cigna Insurance can protect you with a range of visa-compliant plans that meet the minimum requirement of medical treatment. For more information on expat health insurance click here. Get our Daily Newsletter - Click HERE to subscribe 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dinsdale Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 Thai health pushes for alcohol-free Songkran celebration Delusional Thai health pushes for alcohol-free Songkran celebrations Sad thing is the minority elite conservative wowsers have a lot of influence aka money and power. Alcohol free Sonkran is of course just insanity raising it's head. As for the Thaiger GPT article it's a waste of electricity. I would like to see the questionnaire that came up with the results shown. Complete nonsense. 24 minutes ago, snoop1130 said: The data gathered from the survey indicates a high level of support for the idea of an alcohol-free Songkran celebration. As Thailand gears up for another round of the traditional festival, it is evident that a significant proportion of the population is ready to embrace a new, safer way of celebrating. This is just complete rubbish not even closely related to reality. More junk from The Thaiger GPT. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob smith Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 have this lot got nothing better to do with their time!! bob. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herfiehandbag Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 A meaningless distraction from the most rampant evil excess of Songkran. Young ladies in wet see through spaghetti strap tops! Argh, the anticipation means that I will have to go and lie down in a darkened room! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellfire Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 (edited) Sexual harassment, a pressing issue in mass gatherings, was also brought up in the survey. Some 85.20% of the respondents believed that an alcohol-free Songkran could help lessen cases of such behaviour. —- Why only alcohol? There are more effective methods - mass male castration, for example. Balls-free Songkran. I wish I could work for some Thai government agency. Have a lot of cool ideas. Just for 1 million baht a month salary - I am ready. Edited April 3 by Hellfire 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quake Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 Come on, it's my turn now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikke1959 Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 Maybe all the months of the year start to teach driving sklls, educate about alcohol use etc would be much better than bans and that always at the last days .... no visions in Thailand.., everything last minute and when it is over.. forgeotten and on we go again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cabradelmar Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 Maybe next year 😂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fobuff Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Good one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveAustin Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 What a silly article. Who did they ask again? Why not just ban it altogether, you boring old stick in the mud so n sos? If you don’t want to drink, then don’t drink, but stop foisting your staid meaningless lives on everyone else. Let the police do their job if people then go on to drive after drinking. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alien365 Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 What utter rubbish. What sampling method did they use? They detest normal people so would never speak those because they are 'wrong'. They'd never ask the younger generation because they are also 'wrong'. No doubt they spoke to their friends and probably asked Muslims tourists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotchilli Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 12 hours ago, snoop1130 said: Pairoj ardently advocated for the celebration of Songkran in areas that were devoid of alcohol. He emphasised that the presence of alcohol was not a prerequisite for enjoyment. He believed that the festival could be equally enjoyable, if not more, without the inclusion of alcohol I think his mother wouldn't let him play with his toys as a child and dressed him in his sisters hand-me-downs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DPKANKAN Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 So there is only 400 foreigners 'coming' to support and play in Songkran?? And that the big majority of them said it was OK not to have alcohol. (as they work for a group of anti-alcoholics in there own Country!!!!)🫢🫢🫢🫢 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scouse123 Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 He must have found a Genie that is going to grant him three wishes, that's as much chance as he has of an alcohol-free Songkran. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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