Songkran

  • Thailand NewsProposal to ban alcohol sales on Songkran day, April 13
    ThaigerPublished: 14:45, 16 February 2019
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    Proposal to ban alcohol sales on Songkran day, April 13

    Coming up with another blunt tool to help curb Thailand’s horrendous annual road toll during Songkran, the Alcohol Control Committee is proposing a ban be placed on the sale of alcohol on April 13, Songkran day. The ACC has passed a resolution to ban the sale of alcoholic drinks on the national Songkran holiday but says the proposal will have…

  • Thailand NewsSongkran extended to a five day holiday this year
    ThaigerPublished: 11:27, 14 February 2019
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    Songkran extended to a five day holiday this year

    You have five full days to get soaked this year as the Cabinet has approved an extended public holiday for Songkran 2019. Songkran enthusiasts, and everyone else, now have an additional public holiday on Friday April 12 (Songkran, the Thai New Year, is on April 13 every year). Government assistant spokesman Colonel Athisit Chainuwat said that state enterprises, financial institutions,…