buffalo_bill Posted July 27, 2015 Report Share Posted July 27, 2015 Is there any evidence that bars inside a 300 m radius of a school make the children have a beer Singha during the 10:00 break ? And would they refrain from a beer Singha after school because 300 m is too far ? According to my as usual more than accurate observation I would rather stop people selling food inside 5000 m from any school . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khunsanuk Posted July 27, 2015 Report Share Posted July 27, 2015 Hi, "What would have been more reasonable would be to ban any new future bars from now on within 300 metres of a school." Yes, but that would actually make sense. Another easy rule is to enforce the age limit. Not 20? Can't enter a bar nor buy liquor in stores. Would also do away with the other moronic law of not allowing sale of alcohol during certain hours. Sanuk! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buffalo_bill Posted July 27, 2015 Report Share Posted July 27, 2015 Sir , one of my highly recommended sidewalk restaurants is outside the Surawong end of Patpong II . They are not allowed to sell booze but if you ask for a Singha you do immediately get one . Shall I try a list of things that are not allowed in the kingdom but nobody cares ; this rule affects so many business interests that it will evaporate in no time . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khunsanuk Posted July 27, 2015 Report Share Posted July 27, 2015 Hi, I agree. It is another one of those laws which seem to have been designed with the primary purpose of extracting tea money. Sanuk! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted July 27, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 27, 2015 Why not ban schools within 300 meters of bars. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted July 28, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 28, 2015 Surprise! New booze ban now in effect All sales of alcohol near schools nationwide, without exemption or exception, were banned yesterday under a vaguely worded order from the military government. Although Prime Minister Gen. Prayuth Chan-ocha signed a specific order banning alcohol sales within 300 meters on Monday, a new law was unexpectedly published yesterday stating that “no person shall sell alcoholic beverages near the boundary lines of educational institutions or dormitories near educational institutions." The law includes no language defining how near is “near.†The law includes all schools, not just high schools and universities. The law includes no exceptions or exemptions. The law went into immediate effect. Yesterday. Thanakorn Kuptajit, president of the Thai Alcoholic Beverage Business Association told Coconuts today it came out of nowhere. "I was shocked when I found out about this law yesterday," Thanakorn said. "The actual law itself is unable to be interpreted. For example, what distance is considered ‘near?’" Some alcohol sellers have already warned by officials, he added. That said it appeared to have a total effect of nothing on Bangkok’s nightlife last night, where it was business as usual in areas which would have been affected by the 300-meter ban such as Siam Paragon, CentralWorld, EmQuartier, Soi Cowboy and many other locations in the central business district. Not to mention nationwide. As we wrote yesterday, the order Prayuth signed Monday would have, as written, created pockets of prohibition throughout Bangkok by banning all alcohol sales except for registered hotels and the few government-designated entertainment zones such as Patpong, Royal City Avenue-upper Thonglor and the nightclub-adult entertainment stretch of Ratchadapisek Road. It was also to go into effect 30 days after being formally published. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The new law was enacted under the military government’s special powers under Section 44 of the interim charter, along with strict punishment for clubs admitting patrons under 20, street racing and noisy nightclubs. Oh, and those pockets of prohibition may grown into wider zones of prohibition. Gen. Paiboon Koomchaya, who serves as Justice Minister, said he’d like to see it increased to 500 meters from schools. The reason given for the ban is to curtail underage drinking and the scourge of student violence. The groups behind it are a coalition of anti-alcohol crusaders and prohibitionists. The Thai Alcoholic Beverage Business Association has argued simply enforcing the age limit of 20 for sales would be a better way to address the issue than the outsized impact the law would have, were it to be evenly enforced. Meanwhile many bar and restaurant owners say they haven’t even heard of the ban. http://bangkok.cocon...-ban-now-effect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cavanami Posted July 28, 2015 Report Share Posted July 28, 2015 Always leave it vague and open to interruption...easier to get the $$$ headed your way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buffalo_bill Posted July 28, 2015 Report Share Posted July 28, 2015 As should be commonly known I have always been fighting for truth and reliability in public life . I shall therefore during my next visit carry a full bottle of Singha Beer with me and and a signpost : For sale . No doubt the authorities shall stop me once coming " near the boundary lines of educational institutions or dormitories near educational institutions." I shall report after a week research what " near " is . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Munchmaster Posted July 28, 2015 Report Share Posted July 28, 2015 Where will the distance of 300m be measured from? From the front entrance of the school/uni would seem logical as that is where the students enter and exit from. But what about measuring the 300m from the closest point of the boundary of the school/uni? I mean a bar could be 500m away from the entrance but only 100m away from the boundary? No doubt this won't be clarified. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mekong Posted July 28, 2015 Report Share Posted July 28, 2015 Where will the distance of 300m be measured from? From the front entrance of the school/uni would seem logical as that is where the students enter and exit from. But what about measuring the 300m from the closest point of the boundary of the school/uni? I mean a bar could be 500m away from the entrance but only 100m away from the boundary? No doubt this won't be clarified. From what Flash posted Clause 1 intimates "Boundary Line" and not Enterance Thai Civil and Commercial Code Part III Book IV Property, Title II Ownership, Chapter II Extent and Exercise of Ownership Defines Boundary Line http://www.samuiforsale.com/law-texts/thailand-civil-code-part-3.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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