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The Finance Ministry’s Excise Department is not planning to increase the tax on spirits, beer or energy drinks, the department’s spokesperson said on Monday.

Alcohol can be served until 9pm in food outlets that have passed the SHA Plus or Thai Stop Covid 2 Plus standards, the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) announced on Saturday.

The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) on Friday put another 30 provinces under control or the “orange” list amid concerns over the highly transmissible Omicron variant.

Measures for Covid-19 Free Setting have been tightened in Bangkok’s Khao San Road, with officials conducting antigen tests and ensuring no booze is sold after 11pm.

The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) on Monday issued new guidelines for the New Year holidays.

Wearing warm clothes, exercising or consuming hot drinks to keep warm is far safer than drinking alcohol, the Department of Medical Services (DMS) warned on Friday.

More than 600 restaurants and eateries in Bangkok are complying with the regulation to serve alcoholic beverages only until 9pm, the Metropolitan Police Bureau said on Wednesday.

Restaurants and eateries in Bangkok will be allowed to serve alcoholic beverages until 9pm, provided they meet all prevention measures and SHA standards, the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration said on Saturday.

On a recent mid-January afternoon, the eight seats at the Shoe Bar in Nordstrom's new women's store were empty. "It's Dry January. People are broke," a bartender observed.

Tourist police on Tuesday (November 19) announced they had arrested 63-year-old Malaysian national Chan Fat Yat, who is also known as “David the king of fake-branded booze”. Police were tipped off to his nefarious career when customs founded a box addressed to Chan packed with bottles, corks, and fake labels of well-known alcohol brands.

Drinking alcohol in excess can harm your health – but so can an attempt to quit it “cold turkey”, a senior health official warned on Wednesday.

DRINKERS are being kept on tenterhooks after a ministerial panel on alcohol control has not yet decided whether to ban sales of booze during the upcoming Songkran festival.