79 Bangkok entertainment venues ordered shut after city-wide checks

BANGKOK – Bangkok authorities have ordered 79 entertainment venues and similar establishments to halt operations after inspecting 865 premises across the capital in a week-long safety and licensing campaign. The inspections, conducted from July 19 to 26, covered 72 per cent of the city’s target of 1,204 establishments, Deputy Bangkok Governor Pornphrom Vikitsreth reported. The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration classified the inspected establishments into three groups. The first group comprised 168 businesses that passed inspection. All held valid licenses and met the required safety standards. READ: Bangkok music bar fire death toll rises to 30; dozens hospitalized The second group included […]...

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