Tough new crackdown on alcohol promotions in Thailand

[retell]

I cant beleive this, are they joking?No drinking is allowed after midnight in bars or restaurants?????????? is going on.

Gonna be empty in the karaokebar down the street , no more till 6 am noise

[PaulHamon]

I have heard the southern neighbor referred to as:

Malaysia - Thailand without the fun!

Looks like Thailand is going to be the new Malaysia.

[jacky54]

are you drunk retell? hic oh no must be me sorry, better hand myself in now!

Edited August 26, 2014 by jacky54

[baboon]

I do not think this is a good idea at all.

[jacky54]

I cant beleive this, are they joking?No drinking is allowed after midnight in bars or restaurants??????????<deleted> is going on.

well the last two cafes I went into were open until 4, but one night the cops did turn up and 12 and close it down, I thought they were trying to bring happiness back, not misery

[Giddyup99]

When does Khun Kim from NK arrive?

[gbswales]

About time, alcohol causes more deaths than illegal drugs and legal drugs like cigarettes which have warnings already.

There is very little in life that wont kill you eventually - even breathing (especially in BKK)

The problem with draconian legislation is that it will always be ignored or people will find ways around it that will generate income only for the black market (eg prohibition in the USA)

People drink to excess in order to escape their problems - the only cure is to address the problems that cause it.

Age 20 is way above the normal age for becoming an adult (18 in most countries) Having a law to ban 18/19 year olds from drinking will have no more effect than the current ones that ban 15/16 year olds

In sensible countries children learn to drink responsibly from much younger ages alongside their parents - France/Spain etc. Of course some will abuse it but those who want to abuse will never be controlled by legislation - quite the opposite - the fact it is illegal makes it far more attractive to young people who are inclined to rebel.

This will not stop drunken behavior amongst young people - it will not stop adutls from drinking as much as they want to - what it will do is impact the tourist industry (again) and more seriously impact the effective available income for poorer Thai families where the father will simply use more of the household budget on drink, some younger people will commit more crime to fund their habit.

Positive promotion always works more effectively than negative - so promote healthier passtimes but, more importantly, work to address the social issues that drive people to substance abuse in the first place. Contrary to what many people here think, most people drink responsibly and yet those people will also have their pleasure curtailed by a ridiculous blanket solution. In the UK everyone argued that the lifting of licensing hours would lead to huge increases in drunken behavior - it didnt!

[AloisAmrein]

Is Thailand becoming an Islamic country like Malaysia and Indonesia? So one has to move to Laos (very good Bia Lao), Cambodia or Vietnam, where beer is cheaper than anything.

[baboon]

When does Khun Kim from NK arrive?

Ironically, you can drink after midnight in NK. Food for thought, eh?

[balo]

Is it April 1 already ? Time is flying.

[chooka]

No more beer girls? What the hell?

Damn I loved eating in the food courts at Big "C" ect for lunch and watching the beer girls wondering around. Never drank at that time but the eye candy spiced up the food.

[Thailand]

Wonder how many of the local alcohol producers were sponsors of the current incumbents?

[NoshowJones]

I cant beleive this, are they joking?No drinking is allowed after midnight in bars or restaurants??????????<deleted> is going on.

All those laws coming out and yet, still nothing getting done about all the unlicenced drivers and underage motorcyclists. I would have thought it was the most important thing to cut down on the disgraceful road carnage in this country, but not a mention of it from the good general, or is it Prime Minister?

[kingstonkid]

check the laws in north america. these are close. I do think that tat will get bar hours until 1.

next step blow abovve .08 24 hours in jail.

\have an accident automatic 30 days

[chooka]

is it true that alcohol can now only be sold between the hours of 3.16 a,m and 3.17 am

[sgtsabai]

As I've said from the beginning to those cheering on all the "reforms", listen to the general. He might as well be a "born again". Be careful what you wish for, it can and will come back and bite you in the ass. Slippery slope just got a lot more slippery. I think this one is going to hit a lot of Thais in the pocket book. And to all the troglodytes that think this is good, slime your way back into that hole you crawled out of, oh yea, be sure and read your bible on the way down.

[rethaier]

A good friend works for Diageo putting together launch events in bars, discos and hotels around and about. I guess she will be NOT be out of a job then.

Tax the stuff by alchohol content and this whole discussion becomes moot. Whisky would become too expensive and everyone would drink beer and wine. Problem solved.

What???????? Don't people get drunk on beer and wine?

[korkenzieher]

Stand by and watch while a country commits commercial suicide....

[firestar]

No drinking is allowed after midnight? Err... so you bars have to stop serving after 12 am even though closing time is later?

Ashtrays and other paraphernalia? So even a BAR where people go to drink has to take down the heineken logo and signs that show.. hmm.. you know that it's a bar?

R-I-D-C-U-L-O-U-S. Drunks drink all day, from liquor stores, 7-eleven, unlicensed karaoke, Food stalls, Lao Khao, Hong Thong,... but hey let's target licensed bars where it's more expensive and they stay out of.

People wanted puritanical, it's coming, careful what you wish for and what not...

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Edited August 26, 2014 by firestar

[bapoboy]

thailand+crackdown= true, new nanny state ? hahah

[dagobert]

Honestly who gives a shit, as long as i can buy my 5 large LEO a day i dont care.

So i dident even bother reading the post. "Im 4 down one more and "good night"

[Boycie]

Calm down, calm down. Give it a couple of months, all the overstayers alcoholics will be gone and then George will be posting the headline

'The Government clarifies new regulations for the advertising and promotion of alcohol'.

[Captain_Bob]

Same same the recent "crackdown" on immigration rules. Scare the crap out of a particular kind of people, then in reality it was mostly hot air. Woof Woof!

[rwhoov]

So I guess when watching a movie on TV the martini glass will blur when on the lips likewise a blur on all bottles shown. And someone gets paid to watch and blur before televising. What a country!

[balo]

This will only hurt thai businesses , the drunk people will end up drunk anyway .

Imagine Pattaya Walking street , with these kind of rules implemented. There will be no more customers.

[slipperylobster]

No more beer girls? What the hell?

Hell indeed! The end is near.

[Suriya4]

A dry Thailand only affect falang. Thai people are Buddhist and drinking is against believes anyway. This is a Buddhist country.

[dominique355]

Adverts must include one of five permissible warning messages. According to our translations, they are as follows: Alcohol can cause cancer; alcohol can lower sexual abilities; alcohol may lead to paralysis or death; alcohol is the cause of argument and crime; alcohol damages families and societies.

So now we know what this is all about.

But seriously, they have gone completely overboard!

As long as a bottle of 41% alcohol is taxed lower that a bottle of 12% wine, so that a bottle of whiskey cost less that a bottle of cheap wine, and as long as "white alcohol" or "lao khao" is not effectively eliminated, all this is just stupid activism.

[baboon]

Honestly who gives a shit, as long as i can buy my 5 large LEO a day i dont care.

I do. There is more to the world than me and what I want all the time.

What about those who will be deprived of their jobs, enjoyment, etc?

[MobileContent]

About time, alcohol causes more deaths than illegal drugs and legal drugs like cigarettes which have warnings already.

What a rubbish.