waerth Posted January 24, 2015 Report Share Posted January 24, 2015 For Thai360 resident alcoholics ...... it seems they made the laws even more restrictive. http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/restriction-liquor-sale-time-takes-effect-today Restricted alcoholic beverages sale times will take effect today throughout the country. Alcohol beverages can now only be sold from 11.00 am – 2.00 pm and from 5.00 pm – 12.00 pm every day. An announcement was made today by the Prime Minister’s Office on the 2015 law regulating alcohol sales which takes effect today. At all other times, alcohol sales are strictly forbidden with the exception of at international airport terminals and legally registered entertainment venues which have laws that strictly govern the periods they can operate daily. Director-general of the office of the Alcohol Control Committee Mr Samarn Futrakun stated the core substance of the new regulation remains the same in that the permissible duration for daily alcohol sales to be capped at 10 hours. Airports however are given the same allowance as before while entertainment venues which in the past were allowed to sell alcohol from 9.00 pm – 2.00 am can only do so up to midnight. This means that in total, night time entertainment venues can only legally sell alcohol for 5 hours every day which in total is less than regular restaurants. As for the reason for the new regulation governing alcohol sales, he stated that the old law was problematic as it did not cover every aspect. The new law however takes into account every type restaurant and other venues selling alcohol. Also, the old law allows for wholesale purchase of alcohol in excess of 10 liters to be made at any time of the day while any purchase under 10 liters can only be made at the specified times. The new regulation does not allow for this, what matters now are the stated hours for purchase or sale of alcohol irrespective of quantity. Violation of the law is subject six months imprisonment and/or a 10,000 Baht fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cavanami Posted January 24, 2015 Report Share Posted January 24, 2015 > sold from 11.00 am – 2.00 pm and from 5.00 pm – 12.00 pm every day errrrrrrrrrrrrrr, should that be 12:00 AM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mekong Posted January 24, 2015 Report Share Posted January 24, 2015 > sold from 11.00 am – 2.00 pm and from 5.00 pm – 12.00 pm every day errrrrrrrrrrrrrr, should that be 12:00 AM 12 PM is correct, both AM and PM both refer to midnight, AM applies to Start of the Day and PM applies to end of the Day, since sales are ending PM is applicable. Midday has no annotation and is refered to as Noon. This is an Adopted standard probably used the most in Power Distribution where time synchronisation is critical between all generating units and load despatch centres. http://www.npl.co.uk/reference/faqs/is-midnight-12-am-or-12-pm-faq-time Fark I know so many irrelevant facts I feel like boiling my head sometimes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cavanami Posted January 24, 2015 Report Share Posted January 24, 2015 you think too mutt... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mekong Posted January 24, 2015 Report Share Posted January 24, 2015 It's my job Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YimSiam Posted January 24, 2015 Report Share Posted January 24, 2015 I need to get myself a big strong backpack that fits the whole ten litres - I get nervous with all those bottles in plastic bags, disaster if one tears... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buffalo_bill Posted January 24, 2015 Report Share Posted January 24, 2015 Are Soi 7 Beergarden and Soi 4 Naughty Girls Bar " legally registered entertainment venues" ?? I desperately hope so . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YimSiam Posted January 24, 2015 Report Share Posted January 24, 2015 Ask them no questions, they'll tell you no lies. Carry on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StoneSoup Posted January 24, 2015 Report Share Posted January 24, 2015 If a venue owner pay wthe BiB enough, I'm sure that they can conveniently "suspend the passage of time" in a given location, for an appropriate length of time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted January 24, 2015 Report Share Posted January 24, 2015 The old law? There was no old law. It is simply an order from the Ministry of Public Health. Purachai started the whole nonsense when he dug up a coup proclamation from the 1970s that announced those hours. When the courts pointed out that proclamations of past coups had no legal standing, the signs changed to "by order of the police". Finally, somebody got the Ministry of Health to make a proclamation. (It happened during Takky's watch.) Now we are coming full circle back to an announcement by a military coup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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