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24 minutes ago, Orton Rd said:

Buy at 7/11 take into restaurant in a flask no ploblum ????

The last time before they actually banned booze, there was gangs of people sitting outside 7/11's drinking, I think here in Phuket then they just banned alcohol sales completely

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46 minutes ago, phantomfiddler said:

Haven't you been reading the latest regulations ? It is not allowed !

Yes I have please read what I was commenting on, which was my opinion of whether restaurants should be allowed to sell 

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18 minutes ago, ChipButty said:

Thats exactly what happened here the last time, me and a friend were sitting there one night and this place just got to busy, we left before the police arrived, 

Yeah exactly, it happens so often here, so i can understand the logical reasoning why the would ban alcohol sales in restaurants 

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29 minutes ago, huangnon said:

Usual scapegoats: Alcohol, Burmese people, "wicked" gamblers, Shinawatras, etc.

Well, the problem it not with alcohol itself, but some of the people that drink it. Governments like to micromanage the population instead of actually spending more time and money on  educating them  But it's always gong to be very difficult during an emergency such as a pandemic, tough & temporary  measures sometimes have to be implemented. 

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18 hours ago, webfact said:

Ban on alcohol sales in restaurants, other venues will cost industry Bt9 billion, TABBA chief bemoans

By THE NATION

 

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The government’s order banning the drinking of alcoholic beverages at restaurants and other entertainment venues since January 4 in a bid to curb the spread of Covid-19 is estimated to affect more than 1 million entrepreneurs and employees and cost the industry Bt9 billion, said Thanakorn Kuptajit, secretary-general of the Thai Alcohol Beverage Business Association (TABBA).

 

“The peak season for selling alcoholic beverages is between December and April, and this ban could result in a revenue loss of 30 per cent, or Bt9 billion, across the whole industry, while the total market value could dip to Bt300 billion should the ban last until the end of 2021,” he said.

 

Thanakorn said the total market value of the alcoholic beverages industry by the end of 2018 was recorded at Bt370 billion. This number covered both domestic and imported beverages.

 

“The ban will affect not only business owners but also their employees and their families who rely on income from these venues. The association estimates that more than one million people could be affected,” he said.

 

“Furthermore, these businesses have already been suffering from the ban on selling alcohol via electronic channels, which came into effect on December 7,” he pointed out.

 

Fearing that many alcohol sellers will be forced out of business with their sales channels, both online and at restaurants, being banned, Thanakorn suggested that the government should postpone or relax either ban temporarily.

 

“If the ban on drinking at restaurants cannot be lifted, then at least the government should allow alcohol sales online,” Thanakorn said.

 

“Online selling also complies with the government’s Covid-19 measures of maintaining social distance and reducing travel to crowded areas,” he said.

 

Thanakorn also said that most alcoholic beverages sold online are craft beer, with 60-70 per cent of entrepreneurs selling via online channels and only 30-40 per cent doing so from restaurants.

 

“These entrepreneurs, who have a total market share of Bt3 billion to Bt4 billion, are mostly start-ups and have limited sales channels to begin with. They had been hit the hardest since the ban on online selling came into effect,” he added.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30400914

 

 

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Don't personally think banning alcohol in a proper restaurant with a meal will make a blind bit of difference to the spread of a virus. The simply fact of everyone sat together eating a meal with no masks from different households is just as likely to spread a virus with or without alcohol. Most restaurants are hygienically safe in most countries around the world and now all staff are wearing masks and taking more care over cleaning and regular sanitising than ever. More chance of catching a virus in a busy supermarket than at a restaurant!!

Anyway nothing learnt from history then.. prohibition never worked, just went underground. 

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