Yehtmae Posted October 19, 2004 Report Share Posted October 19, 2004 PHUKET CITY: Entertainment venues throughout Phuket are set to close their doors for an indefinite period on October 26 in protest against the government?s new early-closing policy. http://www.phuketgazette.com/news/index.asp?id=3736 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Hippie Posted October 19, 2004 Report Share Posted October 19, 2004 need to log in, any chance of a cut and paste...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 19, 2004 Report Share Posted October 19, 2004 it's posted in News Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yehtmae Posted October 19, 2004 Author Report Share Posted October 19, 2004 LaoHuLi said:it's posted in News Yes it is, but under another thread, so not that easy to find. Here it is in full. Night venues threaten indefinite closure PHUKET CITY: Entertainment venues throughout Phuket are set to close their doors for an indefinite period on October 26 in protest against the government?s new early-closing policy. Sompetch Moosophon of Patong Entertainment Business Association (PEBA) told the Gazette that PEBA members had decided to take the drastic decision to close their businesses at a meeting on Saturday at The Metropole hotel. According to the new laws, businesses within entertainment zones must close at 1 am, and businesses outside them at midnight. Business people in Patong have been particularly vociferous in their pleas to be exempted from the regulations, arguing that the tourists who comprise the bulk of their business hardly venture out before midnight, and that they have each lost hundreds of thousands of baht in revenue since the order was enforced. ?About 50 business people attended the meeting,? said K. Sompetch, ?and we decided we had to do something to let the authorities know we are in trouble. ?The Governor should realize that we are also citizens under his control, and that he should pay as much attention to us as he does to other people. We?re in serious difficulties right now; why doesn?t he look at this?? K. Sompetch said he was loath to take drastic action, but he believed the association members had no choice but to close their establishments. He said, ?This high season, Phuket is going to lose the opportunity to earn more money; this policy will look ridiculous to many tourists in Patong.? K. Sompetch denied that establishments in Patong had many under-age patrons ? one of the government?s reasons for the new early-closing laws ? and said that he is confident there are no drugs or sex shows in Patong. If there were, he asked, why didn?t the police simply close down the establishments concerned? ?That would be much easier.? K. Sompetch said the association would ask Governor Udomsak Usawarangkura to extend opening hours to 2 am, or even 3 am or 4 am. The 1 am closing policy was, he said, just an attempt by the government to make it look like it was doing something. He added, ?There were people who wanted a ?mob? protest, but I hope we can find a solution through discussion. We?ve passed all our information to the Governor; he has enough of that now. Everything is up to him now.? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlazingStarz Posted October 19, 2004 Report Share Posted October 19, 2004 http://www.rockhardphuket.com/whatnew.html AND THE SHOWDOWN BEGINS As JW predicted, Patong is holding up both middle fingers to Chin Shin on the 26th of October in a bold way: we're closing our bars, even our restaurants, for an unannounced period of time. If you know anyone coming over here, tell them to email the people below and call their travel agents to complain. Contact TAT with your complaint and your feelings about a resort destination giving "last call" at 12:45am nightly. Contact Phuket's Governor who has the final say, but likely without the balls to chide Shin without your support. Also contact The Bangkok Post. Also contact The Nation and Contact The Nation here too. Also contact the BBC - and contact the BBC here too. They do stories on "rip-off" vacations here!! They printed the story about Prince Andrew visiting Rock Hard A Go Go, they printed the story about Mick Jagger visiting Rock Hard also. Tell them you just finished booking a holiday in Phuket and you're damned angry & dismayed over the mass closures and the unreasonable government here which seems very tourist-unfriendly!! Now you have a chance to get off your proverbial "keyboard" and DO something about your future holidays in Thailand!! Lots of festivities are planned for this closure. Among them will be street parties and intermittent blockages of Patong Beach Road, Bangla Road and 200 Year Road by hundreds of bikini-clad girls (too many for the plod to arrest). Mass protests will be held daily outside the Governor's office - embarrassing the Hell out of that puppet bitch. Beware - Strike-breakers will have their bars attacked with baseball bats. Reminds us of the old saying: "Don't fuck with the locals"... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khunsanuk Posted October 19, 2004 Report Share Posted October 19, 2004 Hi, "Beware - Strike-breakers will have their bars attacked with baseball bats." Nice touch Sanuk! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlazingStarz Posted October 19, 2004 Report Share Posted October 19, 2004 The thing is knowing who is involved in this, it is porbably fairly accurate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 19, 2004 Report Share Posted October 19, 2004 Swishtz, Is there a list of e-mail addresses for the Bangkok Post, Nation, Phuket's Governors' PR office, Taskin's PR, etc. etc.. I'd gladly e-mail support for getting of rid this ludicrous 'closing' requirement. Chok dee, HOKS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samak Posted October 19, 2004 Report Share Posted October 19, 2004 nice try; outcome will be interesting to monitor. had planned to stay for a long weekend in Patong beginning of november. will go and see what this all will be like Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlazingStarz Posted October 19, 2004 Report Share Posted October 19, 2004 Yeah i was helping compile them last night, will have to dig em up, some of em are found on RH site, or links to em Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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