Bangkok Post – Cabinet mulls easing alcohol curbs

Groups oppose plan to extend selling hours

The cabinet has agreed in principle on five bills to amend the alcoholic beverages control law, which seek to extend selling hours and allow greater flexibility for advertisements, prompting opposition from anti-alcohol advocates.

The bills entered their first reading in the House on Wednesday. The five draft laws were approved in principle for deliberation in a vote of 389 to nine with two abstentions.

A special House committee was consequently formed to scrutinise the bills before they are submitted for further deliberation in their second and third readings.

The special committee tasked with vetting the…