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KiNHoY
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Arcadius and Griffin:
Thanks for the closing time updates. The good news is much appreciated.
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Thai Girls : Meet Sexy Thai Girls
Posted on: 1:52 pm on Mar. 1, 2004
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DrLove
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Even the beer bars at Asoke Plaza (and I guess Soi 22) who were required to close at midnight, may again open their doors until 2am.
Word on the street that May 15 is the next review date.
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Bangkok Women : Meet Sensual Bangkok Women
Posted on: 2:31 pm on Mar. 1, 2004
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hzink
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Quote: from Smegma on 2:21 am on Mar. 2, 2004
Not sarcasm. But sarchasm. Yes, sarchasm. If I need to explain it, then the word sarchasm does really apply.
(grin)
Harry
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Thai Girls : Meet Sexy Thai Girls
Posted on: 2:47 pm on Mar. 1, 2004
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ThaidUp
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Once again like APEC, a non event and to see everyone's panties in a bind is a hoot.
The bigger problem is "Where is my GF?"
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Bangkok Girls : Meet Sexy Bangkok Girls
Posted on: 4:44 pm on Mar. 1, 2004
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UKYorkie
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ThaidUp
Glad to see that normal service is still maintained.. but all TGF are like before looking after No1
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Thai Women : Meet Matured Thai Women
Posted on: 4:53 pm on Mar. 1, 2004
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cmore
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Quote: from DrLove on 2:31 pm on Mar. 2, 2004
Even the beer bars at Asoke Plaza (and I guess Soi 22) who were required to close at midnight, may again open their doors until 2am.
Okay now I'm totally confused. Were the beer bars at Asoke closed at midnight or was it business as usual? If they did close at midnight then wouldn't that mean that the new closing times did indeed go into effect and that some of the other bars just chose to ignore the new rule ( Not a very smart idea if true ).
Also if they did close at midnight then that doesn't make sense because I thought the new rule only applied to licenses issued from Jan. and after. Those bars have been there for quite some years haven't they? MOTHER!  . Peace
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Bangkok Women : Meet Beautiful Thai Girls
Posted on: 6:08 pm on Mar. 1, 2004
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ringthebells
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Thailand may back off plan to curb nightlife
BANGKOK (Reuters) - The Thai government looks ready to back off its plan to curtail the country's lively nightlife and notorious sex industry, officials say.
On the day the nightclubs, bars, discos and massage parlours were due to have their opening hours shortened, the officials said the cabinet would be given a new proposal on Tuesday which would allow existing institutions to open and close without change.
"The new regulations will not have retroactive impact or hurt existing bars," Vichien Chavalit, an Interior Ministry official who helped draft the rules, told Reuters.
They would be applied only to new ones, officials said.
"We forwarded the draft to the cabinet a while ago. If the cabinet discusses and approves it tomorrow, it will become effective by March 15," Vichien said.
Under the plan due to go into effect on Monday, massage parlours -- previously allowed to operate 12 hours a day and close by midnight -- would have been restricted to opening just eight hours a day and close at midnight.
Discos, nightclubs, go-go bars and massage parlours in specially designated zones would have been allowed to operate for seven hours a day.
Some would have been allowed to stay open until 1 a.m. and the rest would close by 2 a.m. -- the current limit.
Those outside the zones would have been able to open only three to six hours a day and should shut their doors at midnight.
The new draft was to be discussed by the cabinet on Tuesday and the plan was for the rules to become effective by mid-March, officials said.
The original cabinet decision had enraged club owners who said hundreds of thousands of jobs would be threatened and had lobbied the government publicly and privately to reverse it.
Bar owners, who had complained the regulations threatened to drive them into bankruptcy, now told Reuters they were satisfied with the government compromises.
"We've talked to senior people in the government and they have assured us that existing bars will operate as usual," said Somyot Suthangkool, owner of a popular Bangkok nightclub and chairman of an industry body with 50,000 members.
"Only the new bars will have to follow the new rules," said Somyot, who complained last month millions of waiters and singers would lose their jobs if the regulations took effect.
But some operators said the distinction between existing and new bars was likely to offer opportunities to corrupt officials.
"How could police officers keep track of all bars in their districts," asked Chuwit Kamolvisit, who owns six upscale massage parlours in Bangkok and has alleged publicly he paid $300,000 (160,000 pounds) a month in bribes to senior policemen.
"The new massage parlour owners will have to bribe officers to have operating hours the same as their rivals," he said.
--Reuters 2003-03-01
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a little confusing, this report...
note chuwits new international fame. cnn, reuters
rtb
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Bangkok Girls : Meet Attractive Thai Girls
Posted on: 8:32 pm on Mar. 1, 2004
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DrLove
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Cmore,
The bars at Asoke Plasa and Soi 22 were already required to close their doors at midnight since January 1, irrespective of the March 1 plan.
The delay of the new closing times for all entertainment venues outside zones means that also these bars are now allowed to stay open again until 2am.
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Thai Girls : Meet Active Thai Girls
Posted on: 9:34 pm on Mar. 1, 2004
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Edge
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I am just imagining the soccer crowd watching this government to the chant of "The referee's a wanker"
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Thai Women : Meet Matured Thai Women
Posted on: 10:06 pm on Mar. 1, 2004
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The Machine
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It does seem that nothing has as yet been fully resolved.
Further it appears that there are opposing factions within the govt. who are engaged in a power struggle over the closing times.
The current about face is a victory of sorts but there may well be a few more twists before the whole issue over closing times is fully settled.
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Bangkok Girls : Meet Attractive Thai Girls
Posted on: 11:17 pm on Mar. 1, 2004
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