webfact Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 Strict Alcohol Ban for Makabucha Day BANGKOK: -- The Public Health Ministry will get tough on any violation of the alcohol ban on the religious holiday of Makabucha Day this Wednesday. Violators of the ban will face a 6 month-jail term and or a fine of up to 10,000 baht. Public Health Minister, Wittaya Buranasiri, says the authorities will get tough on the ban of alcohol sales on Makabucha Day tomorrow. All venues are prohibited from wholesale or retail distribution and sales of alcohol on the religious holiday. Only hotels are exempt from the prohibition. The Public Health Ministry has issued orders for all the 77 provincial public health offices nationwide to help enforce the ban. The ban will start at midnight tonight and will last until the midnight hour of Wednesday. Public Health Ministry officials will also conduct random checks to ensure that entertainment venues abide by the law. Violators of the ban could face a fine of up to 10,000 baht and or a maximum of 6 months in jail. -- Tan Network 2012-03-06 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GentlemanJim Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 The local Hotel will be busy tomorrow night then 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocN Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 My ex-gf: "Do you want an ice tea?" Me:" No...I want a beer!" My ex-gf:"NO! Listen! Do you want an ICE TEA???" Me: "No...I want...oh...yes...one Ice Tea please!" (that sh@t must have been rotten. tasted so much like beer!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supaprik Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 I got wasted in Soi Cowboy last year!!!! Not much completion for company either.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post stoneyboy Posted March 6, 2012 Popular Post Share Posted March 6, 2012 I have that covered already. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suradit69 Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 The local Hotel will be busy tomorrow night then I believe it only applies to registered guests and room service??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asianrider Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 dry day will do everyone a bit of good but am sure the "mum & pop" stores will still be selling !! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cowslip Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 (edited) Who cares? Alcoholics will still get their fix and everyone else won't notice the difference. PS - care to analyse the photo??? Edited March 6, 2012 by cowslip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post rayw Posted March 6, 2012 Popular Post Share Posted March 6, 2012 So silly and what a waste of police tiem with so much real crime still to solve. Prohibition NEVER works hasn't history shown us that. If your religion says you should not drink and it is important to you then simply do not drink but why involve others who do nto follow you faith in such rulings. Hardly freedom or logical or sensible/ Oh well I suppose TIT. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MESmith Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 1039 reading this topic!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Cheops Posted March 6, 2012 Popular Post Share Posted March 6, 2012 "1097 user(s) are reading this topic" It seems that we are worried when we see the words alcohol and ban in 1 sentence:) 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeorgeO Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 I have that covered already. I also cannot imagine that I will get through twelve large bottles of Asahi in one evening...!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeorgeO Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 "1097 user(s) are reading this topic" It seems that we are worried when we see the words alcohol and ban in 1 sentence:) Pure coincidence ... people are just getting home from work and checking their emails! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PoodMaiDai Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 Will be business as usual, just as it is for every other holiday they are supposed to not serve booze. Lights low, music soft, booze flowing. The Thais don't even respect their own holidays, so I don't see why foreigners should. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeorgeO Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 1039 reading this topic!! It's now 1,170...!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharp Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 Ha wot a joke tomorrow for sure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharp Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 Will be business as usual, just as it is for every other holiday they are supposed to not serve booze. Lights low, music soft, booze flowing. The Thais don't even respect their own holidays, so I don't see why foreigners should. Thai,s respect please not in the same sentence ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timewilltell Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 Thought I'd join the madness so I trotted down to the local 7-11 to get half a dozen beers just in case I can't buy it tomorrow cos I might want to make Beef and Ale pie. Don't drink beer but might start in case I can't buy beef either in which case I wouldn't want it to pass its sell by date. Was in Fuji Phuket the other day and aparently the can't buy alcohol with your meal after 2pm and before 5 had been scrapped. Maybe not because in Bangkok you still cannot. It's a miracle if you ever know what is happening from day to day. I'll drinks toast to Budda tomorrow along with all the hotel guests and everyone outside the cities - cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tombkk Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 "1097 user(s) are reading this topic"It seems that we are worried when we see the words alcohol and ban in 1 sentence:) Apparently. Guilty as charged! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rotary Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 Bet Tesco and Big C have some empty shelves before the big day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubl Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 Normally these announcements have a clear period between which hours no alcohol sale is allowed. Mostly 6PM one day till mid-night next. Now no indication. Does theNation assume it's readers know all, or is it just a short oversight? Strangely enough at 7/11 around 5:30PM I sdidn't see the 'normal' paper indication 'no alcohol sale'. Mind you, in Dusit area, Bangkok. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubl Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 I have that covered already. I also cannot imagine that I will get through twelve large bottles of Asahi in one evening...!! That's why you need friends Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sabai-dee-man Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 (edited) I wonder if any expats here would be amused by derogatory comments about Jesus Christ's somewhat obscure parentage ... or perhaps his dalliances with Ms Magdalene ...? Careful not to upset the bible-bashers! They don't believe in freedom of speech or opinion either. Edited March 6, 2012 by sabai-dee-man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post belg Posted March 6, 2012 Popular Post Share Posted March 6, 2012 wow big fines for selling alcohol... no fines at all for poisening a whole area with cancersmoke from burning garbage or other toxic material 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post TechnikaIII Posted March 6, 2012 Popular Post Share Posted March 6, 2012 So silly and what a waste of police tiem with so much real crime still to solve. Prohibition NEVER works hasn't history shown us that. If your religion says you should not drink and it is important to you then simply do not drink but why involve others who do nto follow you faith in such rulings. Hardly freedom or logical or sensible/ Oh well I suppose TIT. Or perhaps you could try observance out of respect. After all, it's not your country. No doubt you would be pissed off with foreigners in your own country carrying on as though your own sacred days meant nothing. Just a suggestion. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiamondKing Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 Only 16 Cans LIGHTWEIGHT 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dominique355 Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 "1097 user(s) are reading this topic" It seems that we are worried when we see the words alcohol and ban in 1 sentence:) We are worried just by the word "ban", especially in connection with religion. Smells ... Taliban-ish 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Payboy Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 Back to steel cups at most vendors then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post robblok Posted March 6, 2012 Popular Post Share Posted March 6, 2012 So silly and what a waste of police tiem with so much real crime still to solve. Prohibition NEVER works hasn't history shown us that. If your religion says you should not drink and it is important to you then simply do not drink but why involve others who do nto follow you faith in such rulings. Hardly freedom or logical or sensible/ Oh well I suppose TIT. Or perhaps you could try observance out of respect. After all, it's not your country. No doubt you would be pissed off with foreigners in your own country carrying on as though your own sacred days meant nothing. Just a suggestion. Im sure the locals will drink too. Anyway i am not religious so if a foreigner would do something on my sacred days i would not care one bit. Religion is not a good thing when its forced upon others. You have to follow a religion out of free will 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubl Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 (edited) I wonder if any expats here would be amused by derogatory comments about Jesus Christ's somewhat obscure parentage ... or perhaps his dalliances with Ms Magdalene ...? Careful not to upset the bible-bashers! They don't believe in freedom of speech or opinion either. Somewhat off topic, but remind me, who turned water into wine ? Edited March 6, 2012 by rubl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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