webfact Posted July 6, 2016 Share Posted July 6, 2016 Thais invited to partake in anti-alcohol campaign during 3-month LentBANGKOK, 6 July 2016 (NNT) – The government is calling on all Thais to join in a no-drinking campaign to be held for three months during the upcoming Buddhist Lent.Minister Attached to the Prime Minister’s Office ML Panadda Diskul hosted a workshop aimed to prepare members of related agencies for holding activities in line with the Thai Anti-Alcohol Day policy and the no-drinking campaign, which is the collaboration between the StopDrink Network and the Thai Health Promotion Foundation.ML Panadda pointed out that the number of drinkers in Thailand is rising sharply, with the drinking habit being five times more prevalent in men than women. Since alcohol has created several problems, including illness, accidents and fights, the government has designated Buddhist Lent Day of every year as Thai Anti-Alcohol Day to encourage drinkers to stay off alcohol throughout the three-month Lent period.According to Mr Songkran Pakchokedee, Director of the StopDrink Network, the no-drinking campaign of 2015 was successful in keeping over 31,000 participants sober from the beginning to the end of the Lent. The campaign also helped save as much as 112 million baht in spending on liquor. -- NNT 2016-07-06 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strangebrew Posted July 6, 2016 Share Posted July 6, 2016 Boy those must be related, I need a drink. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cockatoowho Posted July 6, 2016 Share Posted July 6, 2016 More fictitious figures plucked out of nowhere. If you want to do some good fellow, concentrate on closing down the billion dollar illegal whisky industry. Thought not, the Government is involved in running it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCC1701A Posted July 6, 2016 Share Posted July 6, 2016 "Minister Attached to the Prime Minister’s Office ML Panadda Diskul..." Shown here on the right in the photo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brommers Posted July 6, 2016 Share Posted July 6, 2016 I feel sorry for Thai people who have to listen to the wailing and ranting of these so called experts who think they have the right to lecture people on how to live their lives. It is enough to drive one to drink. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chowny77 Posted July 6, 2016 Share Posted July 6, 2016 To be honest they are not inviting but are in fact forcing people to not drink. They do this by making it illegal to sell during Buddhist special days. They say people will be saving money but what about the people who run restaurants and bars? Even worse if your business is near a school or temple. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratcatcher Posted July 6, 2016 Share Posted July 6, 2016 "Thais invited to partake in anti alcohol campaign........." Beer Chang (Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi Beer Singha (Santi Bhirombhakdi) Not these gentlemen of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thai3 Posted July 6, 2016 Share Posted July 6, 2016 I think they should just encourage Thais not to drink Thai muck, but decent beer and spirits instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBadGeordie Posted July 6, 2016 Share Posted July 6, 2016 Thanks for the invitation, I will be busy during lent. Going out on a bender. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arithai12 Posted July 6, 2016 Share Posted July 6, 2016 The campaign also helped save as much as 112 million baht in spending on liquor. Well unless we know what that money was spent on instead, I am not sure that was a saving. As for limiting/banning alcohol, I am all for it but human history shows that it doesn't work that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iReason Posted July 6, 2016 Share Posted July 6, 2016 Dr. No standing next to a cartoon clown. Right. That'll work. Good luck. Alcohol consumption in Thailand "Thailand is the top alcohol-consuming country in ASEAN with 40 percent of drinkers found in North-East region." "According to the latest alcohol consumption data collected by World Health Organization, Thailand is ranked 1st among ASEAN countries in alcohol consumption, followed closely by Laos and the Philippines." http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/infographic/alcohol-consumption-thailand/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smedly Posted July 6, 2016 Share Posted July 6, 2016 can we extend it for 12 months with manditory participation of all those involved in public transport ....... land sea and air rigorously enforced Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petedk Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 Dr. No standing next to a cartoon clown. Right. That'll work. Good luck. Alcohol consumption in Thailand "Thailand is the top alcohol-consuming country in ASEAN with 40 percent of drinkers found in North-East region." "According to the latest alcohol consumption data collected by World Health Organization, Thailand is ranked 1st among ASEAN countries in alcohol consumption, followed closely by Laos and the Philippines." http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/infographic/alcohol-consumption-thailand/ That report is from 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SABloke Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 31 000 people who don't normally drink stayed sober (slow clap) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo2014 Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 That mascot would drive anyone to drink. Its going to haunt my nightmares. Pass the whisky! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trainman34014 Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 More wasted breath....pissing in the wind ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
callaway Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 (edited) 112,000,000 baht saved over 90 days for 31,000 people. That works out that those 31,000 people were spending a whopping 40.14 baht a day on alcohol. About a stubby a day from 7/11. Being drunkards it must have been hard to stay of the syrup for that time "By the way I want a silly plastic doll to be in photo opportunity with me. What's more I want it to look like me. Same hair style and ears like a taxi with the back doors open. In fact I demand it. I know I will look silly but it is all about me looking good more than the silly doll." Edited July 7, 2016 by callaway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
upena Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 No such thing as Buddhist Lent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thaddeus Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 Dr. No standing next to a cartoon clown. Right. That'll work. Good luck. Alcohol consumption in Thailand "Thailand is the top alcohol-consuming country in ASEAN with 40 percent of drinkers found in North-East region." "According to the latest alcohol consumption data collected by World Health Organization, Thailand is ranked 1st among ASEAN countries in alcohol consumption, followed closely by Laos and the Philippines." http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/infographic/alcohol-consumption-thailand/ That report is from 2014 So? I haven't noticed any change. Except probably in the worse direction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dancin Dna 11 Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 Great to see the mascot has rosy cheeks, kind of like he has been drinking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanukjim Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 For a Thai to not partake in drinking alcoholl for three months he or she would have to be between one to ten years old on the most part. Drinking is what thy do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metisdead Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 An off topic post has been removed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnniey Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 I feel sorry for Thai people who have to listen to the wailing and ranting of these so called experts who think they have the right to lecture people on how to live their lives. It is enough to drive one to drink. All Thai people I know don't have to listen to this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonbsails Posted July 13, 2016 Share Posted July 13, 2016 12 years married to a Thai Buddhist and I can assure you there is a Buddhist Lent. It was, in fact, begun by the Big Guy hisself. It's intent was to give the monks a place to stay during monsoon, per Buddhist precept forbidding harm of other beings. Of course, there are other meanings of Lent as well. For instance, westerners common understanding of the term Lent is of a 40 day period prior to the celebration of the annual resurrection of a religious prophet. But THAT meaning came from the ancient English term for springtime. So, I wonder.....at what point in the history of the meaning of a word or term do we halt and exclaim "THIS is THE meaning!! And there is no other!" ..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waldroj Posted July 13, 2016 Share Posted July 13, 2016 (edited) The Thai beer-makers are just as much to blame as the temperance league for this crusade for prohibition. If they (the brewers) put monks on their beer labels - as some Irish do, they would be sure to get an official tick of approval. Edited July 13, 2016 by waldroj Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAG Posted July 13, 2016 Share Posted July 13, 2016 (edited) Well the minister looks a cheerful soul. Anyone know who the miserable looking so and so in the blue shirt is? Edited July 13, 2016 by JAG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbrenn Posted July 13, 2016 Share Posted July 13, 2016 I'll drink to that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gweiloman Posted July 13, 2016 Share Posted July 13, 2016 Fine, if they want to stop the Thais from drinking. Just don't force it onto the rest of us non-Thais. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gweiloman Posted July 13, 2016 Share Posted July 13, 2016 Since alcohol has created several problems, including illness, accidents and fights, the government has designated Buddhist Lent Day of every year as Thai Anti-Alcohol Day to encourage drinkers to stay off alcohol throughout the three-month Lent period. I suggest that better education, more stringent and thorough driving tests coupled with proper enforcement would reduce the number of accidents and deaths more more effectively than laying off the booze Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thaddeus Posted July 14, 2016 Share Posted July 14, 2016 Since alcohol has created several problems, including illness, accidents and fights, the government has designated Buddhist Lent Day of every year as Thai Anti-Alcohol Day to encourage drinkers to stay off alcohol throughout the three-month Lent period. I suggest that better education, more stringent and thorough driving tests coupled with proper enforcement would reduce the number of accidents and deaths more more effectively than laying off the booze Inept drivers, at best, when sober. Alcohol just adds to the problem, banning it doesn't remove the original problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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