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Report from bangkok Post dated Saturday 14 October 2006 :-
Alcohol makers vow to fight ban on ads
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Producers have cried foul over a draft law that would ban the use of alcohol brands on non-alcoholic beverages. The proposed law, now being finalised by the Public Health Ministry, would most directly affect Singha Corp and Beer Thai (1991). They dominate the local beer market with their Singha and Chang brands.
Both companies use their beer brands for other products, including bottled drinking water and soda.
The new law would impose strict restrictions on selling hours for alcohol and ban advertising in all media, including the Internet. It would also prohibit alcohol consumption at temples, hospitals and near schools or public transport facilities.
Executives of local liquor and beer producers, importers and distributors met yesterday to discuss their position on the new curbs announced by the government.
''If this measure is implemented, the damage will be huge, not just through direct sales, but to our brand image itself,'' said one producer.
On Wednesday, the Public Health Ministry announced a blanket ban on ads and public promotions of alcoholic beverages. Beverage producers, entertainment operators and media companies have strongly criticised the policy.
They intend to prepare an estimate of the financial and economic damage the regulations could cause and submit the figures to Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont as soon as possible.
The curbs also cover displays of alcoholic beverage logos and other materials at live, televised local sporting events. However, live international sports broadcasts are exempt.
Some complained that the provision discriminates against Thai producers, as logos of foreign producers would still be seen on international broadcasts.
However, Beer Chang is a major sponsor of the English Premier League football club Everton, and all of its matches are available on local television.
''If the ministry wants to ban all channels of alcoholic drink advertisements, I call on the ministry to ban [it on] live TV programmes as well,'' he said.
If Thai producers were unable to do marketing through advertisements, he said, more imported products would enter the local market, in particular cheaper beer from China. The result could be a price war that would boost consumption - exactly the opposite of what the government hopes to achieve.
An executive from Thai Asia Pacific Brewery Co, the producer of Heineken beer, predicted total sales of beer would shrink by 5-10% until early next year due to the new curbs. Heineken itself is forecasting a 10% sales decline during the year-end holiday season, when it typically earns 30% of its annual revenue.
''This year would be the first time in Thailand that total beer sales would show a decline,'' he said.
Ironically, alcohol consumption has steadily increased since the government banned TV commercials for booze from 5 am to 10 pm in October 2003. Thais consumed 759 million litres of spirits in 2003, rising to 791 million litres in 2005, according to the World Health Organisation. Beer intake rose to 1.6 billion litres from 1.5 billion in the same period.
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Posted on: 11:50 pm on Oct. 13, 2006
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Report from Bangkok Post dated Saturday 14 October 2006 :-
Minimum age raised to 25 for buyers of booze
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Health authorities have stepped up measures to curb alcohol consumption among youth by moving up the minimum legal age of buyers from 18 to 25 years. Narong Sahamethapat, deputy chief of the Disease Control Department, said yesterday that the idea was proposed by a network of parents early this year during a public hearing of a draft bill to control alcoholic drinks.
The measure to raise the legal minimum age of buyers is part of a national campaign to save Thai youth from alcohol abuse, he said, adding that it has already been incorporated into Article 28 of the draft.
Under the bill, the following areas will be designated as alcohol-free zones - temples, state offices, schools, universities and other places of education.
Also, the authorities plan to declare an alcohol-free day when alcohol sales and promotional activities are prohibited.
Public Health Minister Mongkol na Songkhla said earlier that a ban on alcohol advertising in all forms of media will be announced on Monday, while the draft alcohol product control bill will be proposed to the cabinet and the National Legislative Assembly (NLA) for approval as soon as possible.
If approved, it will be the country's first law that gives health officials comprehensive power to tackle all alcohol-related issues, similar to the Tobacco Control Law.
A study conducted this year by the National Economic and Social Development Board found the number of young drinkers, aged 15-24, has increased from 21.6% to 23.5%. It also found that Thais started drinking at a younger age, with almost 50% of new drinkers aged between 15-19 years old.
Bundit Sornpaisarn, director of an academic centre dealing with alcohol problems, said the measure to raise the minimum legal age of buyers to 25 would effectively reduce youngsters' access to alcohol. Previous studies on alcohol controls showed that the earlier teenagers were exposed to alcohol promotions, the sooner they started drinking, he said.
Wallop Tangkananurak, a member of the NLA, urged the government to hike the excise tax on alcoholic products.
Phra Ratchdhamanithet, better known as Phra Payom Kalayano, voiced strong support for the anti-drinking movement.
He said the drinking of alcohol, which is prohibited in the five Buddhist precepts, is much more harmful and sinful than lottery betting.
Thailand ranks No. 5 in the world for consumption of alcohol. On average, a Thai consumes 14 litres of alcoholic drinks per year, according to the Thailand Development Research Institute.
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Posted on: 11:52 pm on Oct. 13, 2006
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PussyLover 69
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Report from The Nation dated Saturday 14 October 2006 :-
Cinema firms would be hit hard - Beer, spirit commercials account for 14.6% of all advertising in theatres
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Companies such as Major Cineplex and EGV are likely to feel the pinch from the prospective ban on alcohol advertising, because the proportion of alcohol commercials in cinemas is higher than in other media, research companies said yesterday.
Kim Eng Securities Thailand, quoting figures from a recent survey by Nielsen Media Research, said alcohol commercials generally accounted for no more than 4 per cent of all advertising revenue of each medium. However, the revenue from alcohol ads in cinemas accounts for 14.6 per cent of the total for that medium.
Alcohol commercials on television networks account for a small portion of total TV ads because their air time has been limited to between 10pm and 5am.
For more details, please refer to :-
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/2006/10/14/business/business_30016126.php
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Posted on: 11:57 pm on Oct. 13, 2006
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Report from The Nation dated Saturday 14 October 2006 :-
Ban on alcohol advertising to start on December 5, 2006
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The proposed alcohol advertising ban will come into effect on December 5, His Majesty the King's birthday, rather than next week as had been reported, to give all parties 45 days to prepare.
Manit Arunakul, deputy secretary-general of the Food and Drug Administration, who oversees the proposal, said yesterday that after a hearing with alcoholic beverage producers next Monday, the ministry would meet to approve the decree ordering the ban.
The regulation should be issued by the end of next week, he said.
The measure would totally ban alcohol advertising in all media except sports events broadcast live on TV from foreign countries.
Noted social activists welcomed the move.
Popular monk Phra Payom Kalayano, of Suan Kaew Temple in Nonthaburi, said he wholeheartedly supported the ban because drinking was a worse sin than playing the lottery, which led people astray only once every 15 days. But alcohol ads tempted people and youths every time they were exposed to the media, especially TV.
"The ban will bring about morality. I want to ask people as a favour to not protest against the ban," he said.
The interim government should use its power to do such good deeds and get rid of vices.
"I want to give moral support to the government in creating good things for the country," he said.
Wallop Tangkhananurak, a member of the National Legislative Assembly, said he was not surprised that many groups whose interests would be jeopardised by the ban came out to oppose it, especially sports organisations.
"But Thai sports can be developed without the financial support of alcohol products. The aim of sports is to make people healthy, but alcohol does just the opposite," he said.
The government should consider more ways to control alcohol consumption such as by hiking the booze tax, he said.
Cultural offices of several provinces, including tourism spots such as Chiang Mai and Songkhla, applauded the ban.
Charoon Narakhon, head of the Songkhla cultural office, said advertising had swollen the ranks of young drinkers. The government should next take action against food places that sell alcohol near schools, he said.
Entertainment venue operators said the ban would not hurt their business much because patrons would still come to their establishments. The ones who would suffer were the producers, who would face difficulties making drinkers aware of their new products.
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Posted on: 12:00 am on Oct. 14, 2006
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LocalYokul
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yeah, I have been hearing about this in the local media, and I think it total bullshit
TU's idea that the new govt. was headed to the party is obviously mistaken
edit in :
the manufacturers are now giving away free thing with a purchase, like Chivas shirts or JW bags, etc.
I don't think it will hurt their market much, but they have to re-engineer their approach
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Posted on: 12:08 am on Oct. 14, 2006
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PopSecret
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"The new law would impose strict restrictions on selling hours for alcohol"
Oh well, guess I'll be partying somewhere else soon.
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Posted on: 2:34 am on Oct. 14, 2006
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Quote: from LocalYokul on 12:26 am on Oct. 14, 2006
TU's idea that the new govt. was headed to the party is obviously mistaken.
And I was obviously correct. Thank you.
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Posted on: 9:46 am on Oct. 14, 2006
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hyperterminal
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so what are they going to do with trading hours?
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Posted on: 9:10 pm on Oct. 14, 2006
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LocalYokul
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thank heaven that FoodLand is sane
they have these stickers on the booze shelves saying their hours for sale
but...
they don't cover the alcoholic beverages with cardboard like 7-11 and Tops
you walk up to the counter with your booze at ANY time and they just smile and check you thru, very cool
one of the gals even was offering to cum help me drink it, 555
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Posted on: 11:10 pm on Oct. 14, 2006
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PussyLover 69
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Report from Bangkok Post dated Tuesday 17 October 2006 :-
Alcohol ad ban needs further study
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Thailand's cabinet on Tuesday ordered further study of a comprehensive 24-hour ban on advertising alcoholic beverages in all forms of media, a bill proposed earlier by the country's Ministry of Public Health.
Issued by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the ban defining liquor, beer, and other alcoholic drinks as "health-hazard products" was submitted for cabinet consideration in its weekly Tuesday meeting. If approved by the cabinet, the ban will take effect after being announced in the Royal Gazette for 45 days.
However, the cabinet resolved that representatives from ministries concerned jointly discuss how to make the proposed regulation more "balanced" before it becomes effective, Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont said after Tuesday's meeting.
The five ministries -- Public Health, Education, Commerce, Industry, and Social Development and Human Security -- must conduct further study as the proposed ban has some dubious clauses regarding legal enforcement against violators, he said.
For instance, the prime minister said, the much-debated issue was the proposed article prohibiting those aged below 25 from alcohol consumption, which the meeting held that such an approach will not be fruitful since, in practice, it will be hard for would-be law enforcers to verify underage consumers.
The proposed ban "needs further study to make it more balanced and practical," he said.
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Posted on: 10:23 am on Oct. 17, 2006
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