24-hour bar opening idea resurfaces at latest entertainment committee meeting

PATTAYA: -- The committee drafting new regulations for Pattaya’s entertainment industry again discussed allowing bars to operate around the clock, but the idea remains far from becoming a reality.

At the second meeting of the year for the “Pattaya Model Project,” city Permanent Secretary Suthorn Ratanawaraha proposed creating three color-coded zones to regulate closing times. Establishments operating in the yellow Zone A would close at 2 a.m. Those in orange Zone B at 4 a.m. and those in the red Zone C could stay open 24 hours.

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-- Pattaya Mail 2011-03-26

Good idea if the red zone is away from residential areas or areas where hotels are located otherwise people will be kept awake all night from the noise. The other option is to make sure the bars are soundproof. But of course enforcement of rules like this would either be lax or non-existent

There are many bars already open 24 hours.