migrant wrote:Isn't the 7th the scheduled day for the new referendum?
http://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/opin ... nt-go-away
migrant wrote:Isn't the 7th the scheduled day for the new referendum?
HHTel wrote:Yes, Sunday 7th is referendum day. Political and religious holidays are 'alcohol free'. Not sure about the 6th. Maybe there is facility for early voting.
What indeed..so what's the sense of a ban in hotels, restaurants etc for foreigners who are quite distinguishable from locals.
Geko wrote:“Shops and restaurants are banned from selling alcohol from 6pm on August 6 (Saturday) to midnight on August 7 (Sunday),” Phuket Provincial Police Commander Col Teeraphol Thipjaroen told The Phuket News.
Hotels are included in the alcohol ban, Col Teeraphol confirmed.
“The only places allowed to sell alcohol during the prescribed hours are duty-free stores as the alcohol cannot be consumed until it has been taken out of the country,” he said.
Read more at http://www.thephuketnews.com/constituti ... 8BtXyaJ.99
No official letter on ban of alcohol on Queen's Birthday, so all bars should be up and running (should the owner decide to do so).... If I remember correctly last year everything was open, which I know doesn't mean muchLee1975 wrote:Are the bars closed for the Queens birthday on Friday? Heard that places are closing on 12th & 13th? any truth in this?