khwaibah Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 (edited) No Alcohol on Election Day - Sellers WILL be Prosecuted. Oct 22, 2013. Lifestyle. CityNews - On October 18th Suamchai Meesomsak, vice Chiang Mai Mayor, announced that According to Thai Law Will there be no alcohol on Election Day SOLD 3. Rd. November the 2013th for Chiang Mai Mayor. He said that to Ensure that the Election Will be done properly and honestly, a Ban on alcohol Will be enforced between 6 PM 2. nd. November 3 until Midnight. Rd. November. Anybody, or any shop that sells or serves alcohol in the Chiang Mai Municipality area between these times will be fined up to 10,000 baht or be sentenced to six months in prison. Issued a ban on the sale. Distribute Or alcohol on Election Day, Mayor's banquet. Mr. Chai has included Somsak Deputy Municipal Clerk. Acting. Permanent Chiang Mai. As Director of the Election Chiang Mai. Was announced. Missive At 18. Oct. 56 to announce that the AF has the mayor of Chiang Mai. On Sunday at 3. November 56. then. To provide for the election. Is completely pure with fair and accurate regulation laws. The Election Commission has set. Election Commission of Chiang Mai. Hereby entrepreneurs.Store, or distribute or sell any omission of any kind in the borough catering liquor Chiang Mai. During the time18:00. ago The day before the election. Or 2. November 56. till the day of the election. Or 24.00. hrs of the day. 3. November 56. <snip for fair use> CityNews More here Source link - City News Edited October 28, 2013 by Tywais Please leave a link to the source when quoting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thailand Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 Hmm, let me think? Ah, if you really need it buy the day before perhaps! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chiengmaijoe Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 This is the point where the "Thais are trying to kill tourism" mob resurface isn't? With references to a certain goose and his precious egg........ 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicog Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 Let's see who fills an envelope then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post coma Posted October 28, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted October 28, 2013 He said that to Ensure that the Election Will be done properly and honestly, a Ban on alcohol Will be enforced between 6 PM 2. nd. November 3 until Midnight. Rd. November. Somebody should inform the vice mayor that a ban on corruption would be far more effective in " ensuring that the election will be done properly and honestly " . Not banning the sale of alcohol. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uptheos Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 Hmm, let me think? Ah, if you really need it buy the day before perhaps! What a novel idea, you know this could start a trend among those who need it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suradit69 Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 This is the point where the "Thais are trying to kill tourism" mob resurface isn't? With references to a certain goose and his precious egg........ ... or final nails in coffins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marquis22 Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 I'm still trying to understand the reason why it is banned from 2 pm till 5 pm each day. Well in 7/11 anyway, still available at the little shop further down the soi. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparkles Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 I'm still trying to understand the reason why it is banned from 2 pm till 5 pm each day. Well in 7/11 anyway, still available at the little shop further down the soi. Its designed to prevent us buying a can of beer or a bottle of wine and committing total mayhem,its all in our interests. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post uptheos Posted October 28, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted October 28, 2013 I'm still trying to understand the reason why it is banned from 2 pm till 5 pm each day. Well in 7/11 anyway, still available at the little shop further down the soi. The reason it is banned is because the government says so. You've been here long enough to know there's no point in questioning the ridiculous. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KRS1 Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 i heard 40oz sales spiked when Obama got elected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicog Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 I'm still trying to understand the reason why it is banned from 2 pm till 5 pm each day. Well in 7/11 anyway, still available at the little shop further down the soi. It's to stop kids buying alcohol, because they're obviously too dumb to buy it another time or get someone to buy it for them. Ironically you can still buy it between 2-5 if you buy enough! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
transam Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 More crazy stuff. To think they are paid to think this stuff up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinmaew Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 Why is is that Asians need to be forced to do things or controlled with only the most severe penalties. I guess thats how dictatorships work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ggt Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 What I enjoyed while staying in Chiang Mai...was reading the signs posted all around the city... "TAKE CHIANG MAI BACK FROM THE FOREIGHNER AND BEER BARS" Welcome to Chiang Mai... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thailand Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 Why is is that Asians need to be forced to do things or controlled with only the most severe penalties. I guess thats how dictatorships work. Dictatorship? Severe penalties? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevieH Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 what's the actual practical implication of the election booze ban? bars not serving from 6pm saturday until midnight sunday? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
transam Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 I'm still trying to understand the reason why it is banned from 2 pm till 5 pm each day. Well in 7/11 anyway, still available at the little shop further down the soi. When I was a kid in the UK, we had similar hours for selling booze. Usually bought from an ''off license'' attached to the side of a pub. Now every one seems to be selling it, even sweet shops. Times change. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicog Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 what's the actual practical implication of the election booze ban? bars not serving from 6pm saturday until midnight sunday? What used to happen is candidates would invite the voters to a free piss up then march them down to vote. Now they just slip them a few quid or a frying pan, mop or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loaded Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 Few informal mom&pop shops will take any notice of this, they never have in the past. if you want a drink, you'll be able to get one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loaded Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 What I enjoyed while staying in Chiang Mai...was reading the signs posted all around the city... "TAKE CHIANG MAI BACK FROM THE FOREIGHNER AND BEER BARS" Welcome to Chiang Mai... Inciting racial hatred against foreigners by writing in a language 95% of Thais don't understand! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevieH Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 what's the actual practical implication of the election booze ban? bars not serving from 6pm saturday until midnight sunday? What used to happen is candidates would invite the voters to a free piss up then march them down to vote. Now they just slip them a few quid or a frying pan, mop or something. Few informal mom&pop shops will take any notice of this, they never have in the past. if you want a drink, you'll be able to get one. oh aye, i'll have beer in the house like. was just hoping that one or two bars might have persuaded the po-po to let them remain open for the football on saturday night/sunday morning at the unsociable time of 12.30am. am sure there will be one or two like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wayned Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 I'm still trying to understand the reason why it is banned from 2 pm till 5 pm each day. Well in 7/11 anyway, still available at the little shop further down the soi. Seems like they adapted the old British laws that were introduced in WWI and not changed until the 1980's! "After the outbreak of World War I the Defence of the Realm Act was passed by Parliament in 1914. One section of the Act concerned the hours pubs could sell alcohol, as it was believed that alcohol consumption would interfere with the war effort.[1] It restricted opening hours for licensed premises to luncheon (12:00 to 14:40) and supper (18:30 to 21:30). In the late 1980s the licensing laws became less restricted and allowed pubs to allow the consumption of alcohol on the premises from 11:00 until 23:00,[2] although nightclubs were allowed to stay open much later. Significantly revised rules were introduced in November 2005." Just a little behind times, but isn't everything? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daoyai Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 what's the actual practical implication of the election booze ban? bars not serving from 6pm saturday until midnight sunday? What used to happen is candidates would invite the voters to a free piss up then march them down to vote. Now they just slip them a few quid or a frying pan, mop or something. Few informal mom&pop shops will take any notice of this, they never have in the past. if you want a drink, you'll be able to get one. oh aye, i'll have beer in the house like. was just hoping that one or two bars might have persuaded the po-po to let them remain open for the football on saturday night/sunday morning at the unsociable time of 12.30am. am sure there will be one or two like. i think the ban ends at midnight so you should be able. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevieH Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 i think the ban ends at midnight so you should be able. are you saying that it's only a 6 hour ban? from 6pm saturday? that doesn't sound right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coma Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 i think the ban ends at midnight so you should be able. are you saying that it's only a 6 hour ban? from 6pm saturday? that doesn't sound right. Then OP sure is hard to read and understand but from what I can make out it adds up to 30 hours. From 1800hr the night before until midnight the day of the election. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khwaibah Posted October 29, 2013 Author Share Posted October 29, 2013 According to the Alcohol Beverage Control Act B.E.2551 (2008 A.D.), under section 28 it states that: “Sale of alcohol beverage is prohibited on the date or time announced by the Minister with consent of the Committee. In this regard, such announcement may indicate conditions and restrictions as deemed necessary.The provision in Paragraph 1 above shall not apply to sale of alcohol beverage by manufacturer, importers or agents to the sellers authorized by the law governing liquor.”Such act were based on the Announcement Number 253 (dated November 16, B.E. 2515) (1973 A.D.) made by the Council for National Security.The recent announcement identified eligible hours for retail sales of alcoholic beverages to be between 11.00a.m. to 02.00p.m. and between 05.00p.m. to 00.00a.m.From this interpretation, only for Liquor Store Wholesalers would be eligible to sell (that is no less than 10 litres per transaction). If less than this, such shall be considered as retailing and a violation of the law. This includes sales of alcohol at a restaurant.Exceptions were made for Hotel Businesses, airports, train stations, Terminal bus stations, piers (but they must obtain prior approval which can be made at the Local Police Station which is then to be forwarded to Commissioner of the National Police Office). There is no general exception for a restaurant just because they sell food with their alcoholic beverages as is often stated but not so under the actual law. http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/595347-restricted-hours-for-liquor-sale/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevieH Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 i think the ban ends at midnight so you should be able. are you saying that it's only a 6 hour ban? from 6pm saturday? that doesn't sound right. Then OP sure is hard to read and understand but from what I can make out it adds up to 30 hours. From 1800hr the night before until midnight the day of the election. that's how i read it. 6pm saturday until 11.59pm sunday. i think. so basically friday night bars free to open as usual, saturday and sunday not so much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khwaibah Posted October 29, 2013 Author Share Posted October 29, 2013 The ban, in accordance with the Election Act, will be enforced from 6pm on Saturday, and continue through to midnight on Sunday. http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/573773-election-alcohol-bans-to-cost-patong-venues-bt5mn-a-night/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparkles Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 When I was managing a resort in the Philippines we had to stop selling alcohol in our district 2 days before any election. Their thinking was it takes some people 48 hours to recover.Ironically the amount of alcohol sold before the ban in the form of take away exceed the loss of sales during the ban. After the ban it was a free for all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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