Beer versus the bureaucrats
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Once again the bureaucratic wowsers have come up with another knee-jerk response to the problems caused by those who cannot control their drinking habits and cause mayhem, death and destruction during the New Year and at Songkran. The Public Health Minist
How do you define “public place”? A restaurant is a public place. So is my deckchair on the beach on Koh Samet when I want to order a cooling Singha beer from the restaurant behind me. Will I be prohibited from having a drink with my lunch or dinner in these two instances?
New Year and Songkran are “high season” for the international tourist trade. This is another brilliant way to send the numbers of tourists coming to Thailand spiralling down even further.
But I’ve now made up my mind and will spend Christmas and New Year in Vietnam, which is fast overtaking Thailand as a preferred tourist destination. And Beer 33 is also a worthy rival for Singha.
David Brown
