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Bars call for end to midnight closing

Bars call for end to midnight closing

Nightlife venues welcome chance to reopen, but want to sell alcohol much later into the night

Tourists hang out at bars on Soi Nana, Sukhumvit Soi 4, in Bangkok on Nov 4, 2021. The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration decided yesterday to allow bars, pubs and karaoke clubs to reopen until midnight from June 1.

Vendors of alcoholic beverages and hotel and retail operators are calling for the further relaxation of nightlife entertainment rules and an extension of opening hours until 2-4am as pubs, bars and karaoke lounges struggle to survive.

Thanakorn Kuptajit, executive adviser at the Thai Alcohol Beverage Business Association, said…

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