New closing times announces

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I wrote this on the main page of Phuket-Info.com regarding Entertainment Zones and closing time rules, I read it in Bangkok Post.

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A new ministerial regulation on opening and closing times was announced in Royal Gazette on September 16.

Under the regulation, nightclubs in designated zones are allowed to open 21:00 and stay open until 2. Nightclubs outside the zones must close at midnight.

Karaoke bars and discos can open from 18:00 and stay open until 01:00 for those in the zones and at midnight for those outside the zones.
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I wonder, what is the difference between a nightclub and a discotheque?
I guess beer bars counts as karaoke bars.

I guess these changes will be enforced very soon, but since most people here (including politicians and governor) is against earlier closing I think and hope it will not be strictly enforced, at least not in high season.