BANGKOK, 22 July 2015 (NNT) – Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha has signed an official announcement from the Prime Minister’s Office banning alcohol sales within 300 meters of universities and vocational colleges. The new rule is an amendment of Sections 4 and 27 of the 2008 Alcohol Control Act. Alcohol sales within 300 meters of […]
Alcoholic drinks may not be sold within 300 metres from a school or educational institution, according to an announcement to take effect soon. The rule also applies to grocery stores and convenience stores but not wholesale facilities. Read more: Bangkok Post
The National Council for Peace and Order will be asked by the Justice Ministry to invoke Section 44 of the interim Constitution to deal with street racing and the sale of alcoholic drinks near educational institutions. Justice Minister Paibul Kumchaya chaired a meeting of parties concerned to discuss the street racing by cars and motorcycles […]
As of today, as many as 84 people are reported dead since Wednesday after drinking toxic homemade alcohol sold in a slum in Malad in northern Mumbai. More than twenty others are reported admitted to hospital for alcohol poisoning. Police said five people have been arrested for the transport and sale of the alcohol with […]
BANGKOK, 29 May 2015 (NNT) – The Ministry of Interior has instructed all agencies under its supervision to closely monitor entertainment venues, hotels and liquor shops across the country to make sure they abide by the alcohol-control law on Vesak Day. According to deputy permanent- secretary of the Ministry of Interior Apinan Suethanuwong, sales of […]
Singapore has passed a law that bans the buying and selling of alcohol, including the drinking of alcohol in public places, from 10:30 p.m. until 7 a.m. The Liquor Control (Supply and Consumption) Bill, which was approved by the Parliament on January 30, 2015, will take effect in April. First-time offenders will receive a fine […]
BANGKOK, 15 February 2015 (NNT) – The Prime Minister’s Office has issued a ban on alcoholic beverage sales on the roads and pedestrian areas. The ban also covers sales and consumption of alcoholic beverages at bus terminals. Director-General of the Department of land Transport Thiraphong Rodprasert said the ban was imposed since drunk-driving was the […]
BANGKOK, 13 February 2015 (NNT) — The Department of Land Transport has imposed the ban of alcohol sale by the roadside and in bus terminals nationwide. Violators will face a fine of 10,000 baht or a six-month jail term. According to Director general Theerapong Rawdprasert, the Office of the Prime Minister has recently promulgated the […]
