Pattaya reopens its entertainment venues on October 18 after a temporary prohibition on alcohol sales during the Buddhist holiday of “Ok Phansa” on October 17.

PATTAYA, Thailand – As Pattaya reopens its entertainment venues on October 18 after a temporary prohibition on alcohol sales during the Buddhist holiday of “Ok Phansa” on October 17, police are stepping up enforcement to ensure compliance with standard regulations.

These proactive measures aim to prevent illegal activities, including drug use, underage patronage, possession of unlicensed weapons, and prostitution.

 

Officers performed random checks on entertainment venues serving alcohol, verifying business licenses and staff documents, and ensuring no illegal activities were taking place.

 

By Pattaya Mail

 

Full story: Pattaya Mail 

-- 2024-10-18

 

 

Yep, and all was above board as usual. 🙂 

Whew thank god there is no prostitution, I was really concerned about that.

Love the Pic in the full story, many on the beach having a drink, and why not it's a holiday.

All these funny laws, regulations and the interpretation left to the individual "officer" must be accounting for billions and billions of bakshish left right and centre. This whole rannygazoo on alcohol ban due to Buddhism - to take an example - is a Thai-government-made license to extort money by the "enforcers". All other Buddhist countries have no such restriction. Same with alcohol at the beach, no beach chair on Wednesday et al. 
Obviously the powers-to-be do not want to touch/change anything as it would derive them from substantial income - for themselves as well as for all those greedy goons higher up. 

These proactive measures - stepping up enforcement to ensure compliance with standard regulations - aim to prevent illegal activities, including drug use, underage patronage, possession of unlicensed weapons, and prostitution. Officers perform random checks on entertainment venues serving alcohol, verifying business licenses and staff documents, and ensuring no illegal activities were taking place.

Pull my left leg and it rings Jingle Bells, all the way to the bank 😉 

2 hours ago, Gottfrid said:

Yep, and all was above board as usual. 🙂 

And some below board..

Prepares for upcoming what? More booze bans? Pink elephants parading down the streets?

Some nonsense bickering posts removed 

12 hours ago, HappyExpat57 said:

Prepares for upcoming what? More booze bans? Pink elephants parading down the streets?

A long string of holidays and noisy festivals that never stops.

Alcoholic pro tip.  You can still buy booze during no-sales days/hours from a lot of the mom and pop stores all over the place, usually found down less busy back sois. 

Pattaya Pratumnak 6, Russian market was fully open for alcohol yesterday, 100s of people enjoying the night not even trying to do it discretely

19 hours ago, webfact said:

These proactive measures aim to prevent illegal activities, including drug use, underage patronage, possession of unlicensed weapons, and prostitution.

 

The bars migt as well remain closed.

16 hours ago, HappyExpat57 said:

Prepares for upcoming what? More booze bans? Pink elephants parading down the streets?

They told that. For upcoming high season. It stands clearly in the original news. Just click the link.

 

19 hours ago, MalcolmB said:

I think you are confused again.

They haven’t checked already, they will be checking from today.

This is in original link: Officers performed random checks on entertainment venues serving alcohol, verifying business licenses and staff documents, and ensuring no illegal activities were taking place.

 

Sounds to me that they are pretty much talking in past tense, as performed, and words like were has been used.

20 hours ago, brianthainess said:

Whew thank god there is no prostitution, I was really concerned about that.

Love the Pic in the full story, many on the beach having a drink, and why not it's a holiday.

Hardly seems to be... my neighbour had 3 cases of beer delivered on Thursday so a limited ban!