Restaurants fight sit-in meal ban proposal

The Thai Restaurants Association has fiercely opposed the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA)’s proposal to limit eateries to selling only takeaway orders and ban sit-in meals to prevent spreading Covid-19.

In the letter to Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA), the association said the idea announced by the BMA last week is unfair and detrimental to the ailing economy.

The letter said: “The second wave of Covid-19 is not related to the eatery sector at all. The real culprit is illegal businesses.”

The letter was signed by Thai Restaurants Association president Thaniwan Kulmongkol.

“All restaurant businesses, whether large or small, have followed the Public Health Ministry’s Covid-19 preventive guidelines,” the letter said. “Even more, over 80% of large and medium size restaurants have joined the Amazing…