Thailand Considers Lifting Alcohol Ban to Boost Restaurant Business

[Seppius]

22 minutes ago, Luuk Chaai said:

Blueport Mall ..  Wine shop shutters at 2pm ..  Fuji /Sushi restaurant you can't order a beer with your food @ 2pm

drive down the road to Villa Market it's anything you want at any time.

Not in the Villa in Pattaya

 

[Skeptic7]

10 hours ago, webfact said:

The ban on retail alcohol sales between 2pm and 5pm was introduced by the coup regime of Thanom Kittikachorn in 1972 to prevent officials from drinking during work hours and has remained in place since

Yeah but from 1991  (when I  first arrived) thru 2010 and even later it was rarely, if ever enforced. The most asinine law ever concocted...and by a country that excels in asinine❗🤣

[Peabody]

But, think about the children. How will they stop them from buying booze in the afternoon?  /s

[George FmplesdaCosteedback]

18 hours ago, webfact said:

 

The ban on retail alcohol sales between 2pm and 5pm was introduced by the coup regime of Thanom Kittikachorn in 1972 to prevent officials from drinking during work hours and has remained in place since.

This is inaccurate: it was ignored and not enforced after a change of government some time later and remained on the books but not part of the regular "alcohol" laws. It was re-enforced at the insistence of the anti-alcohol lobby when Thaksin first took power in 2001.

Buddhist and some election days (when the sale of alcohol is banned all day) aside there is no good reason it should not be abolished.

 

Edited Wednesday at 09:26 PM by George FmplesdaCosteedback

[Luuk Chaai]

8 hours ago, Seppius said:

Not in the Villa in Pattaya

 

T.I.T.

 

Should be the national slogan ...    Consistently ..   Inconsistent

[Maitdjai]

On 7/3/2024 at 1:42 PM, Ctkong said:

Depends upon if those restaurants have strict enforcement or not. Once I was having lunch and wanted to order some drinks but was told I cannot order alcoholic drinks after 2 pm. I pointed out to the nearby table where the diners are having many alcoholic drinks on the table and a case of beer at the foot of the table. Was told theirs is ok because they paid for the bill for alcohol before 2 pm .So the way to go around this is to pay your bill before 2 pm timeline and drink at your leisure . It has something to do with the register being locked automatically for alcoholic drinks after the timeline. 

 

On 7/3/2024 at 1:54 PM, Ctkong said:

And also those more reputable better restaurants and chain store restaurants that adhere strictly the rules of operation. The roadside carts and alley restaurants do not seem to be enforcing much. 

So, as you can see, depending on/being under electronic surveillance,
both sides get a slave and fxxxed, by the "programmed" middle finger.

The "robot" employees on the minimum wage, of those "reputable, better", overpriced junk-food-chain outlets,
have only the choice to function. With the "big brother" camera in their neck.
The customers have "to eat that".
Brave new world. More "AI" please!
Lol.


 

[Maitdjai]

On 7/3/2024 at 1:08 PM, Bangkok Barry said:

 

It doesn't actually matter who Thais vote for. They are given the government chosen by an elite few or one imposed by the military - these days, effectively the same thing.

 

On 7/3/2024 at 1:16 PM, ThaiFelix said:

Its what Indonesia's Suharto called "Guided Democracy" (while him and his cronies were stripping the place bare).                                    

At least one thing, what Western democracies, by their "new" transforming books, are copying from the developing world. Lol 

Edited Friday at 03:41 AM by Maitdjai

[Eaglekott]

On 7/3/2024 at 12:58 PM, James105 said:

Headline should read: Thailand Considers Lifting Alcohol Ban (for the tiny percent of businesses that obey by this law) to Boost Restaurant Business for that very small percentage of rule followers.  

 

You can also interpret it as Thailand Consider Lifting Alcohol Ban so the vast majority of restaurants does not have to break the law.