No liquor sale after 3am on Sun, weekdays from Oct 1 at CQ
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No liquor sale after 3am on Sundays, weekdays from Oct 1, following complaints of drunken behaviour.
Singapore, July 20, 2013
Partying till the sun comes up in Clarke Quay may soon be a thing of the past.This is because the police have shortened the liquor licensing hours for tenants there, following reports of drunken behaviour in the area.
Under the new limitations which kick in on Oct 1, bars and nightclubs stretching from River Valley Road to the Clarke Quay Read Bridge will not be able to sell liquor after 3am on Sundays and weekdays, and after 4am on Saturdays and the eve of public holidays.
This will affect about 20 of the more than 60 outlets in Clarke Quay, a nightlife destination popular with locals and tourists.
Although they do not impact the operating hours or entertainment offerings of the affected outlets, patrons who wish to continue drinking past the new time limits will have to purchase their alcohol before then.
Some clubs may still get to sell alcohol past 3am after Oct 1, but will have to comply with the new rules once their current liquor extension licence expires.
A police spokesman said the change "was introduced following complaints of drunken behaviour in the area, which could affect the public's sense of safety and security in Clarke Quay which is a popular entertainment area in Singapore".
There has also been an increase in thefts there in recent years, from an average of three cases a month in 2011, to five cases a month now.
In the past year, there were two separate cases of intoxicated patrons drowning after falling into the Singapore River.
The new rules were set by the police in consultation with the Liquor Licensing Board. Nightlife operators in the area told The Straits Times they were informed of the changes about two weeks ago.
Some added that the tighter liquor licensing rules, coupled with new guidelines issued by the Urban Redevelopment Authority to restrict outdoor riverside dining in some parts of Clarke Quay and Robertson Quay, will deal a double whammy to the area's appeal.
Mr Bernard Lim, 44, chief executive of public-listed nightlife group LifeBrandz, an anchor tenant operating several bars and clubs in Clarke Quay, said the authorities did not engage operators about the new policy.
He added: "There are more than 60 outlets here and there are bound to be drunk people behaving stupidly. The problem should be handled in other ways."
Mr Lim suggested beefing up security in nightclubs and bars; that the landlord have more security personnel monitoring common areas; and that the police patrol the area more often.
Some nightclub operators also pointed out that the problem of drunken behaviour in the area is not necessarily caused by customers from their outlets.
Teenagers have been seen buying cheap alcohol from nearby convenience stores and drinking along the Singapore River and the Read Bridge, they said.
Clarke Quay, owned by CapitaMall Trust and managed by CapitaMalls Asia, sees more than a million visitors to the area each month. A spokesman for Clarke Quay said the area will remain "a 24-hour entertainment zone".
LifeBrandz's Mr Lim added that Clarke Quay tenants will be meeting their landlord in the next few days to decide if they wish to appeal against the new rules.
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Sometime, I dun understand it, if no sales, can order more bottles before 3am and still can drink till 6am, snare snare.
So, from a taxi driver perspective..any comments, thoughts, observation?? I never go CQ unless pax asked me to go.
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just another one " great " idea from those " clever " policy makers..
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People who usually go home before 3am, normally don't dare to drink so much...
Not because driving or what, is a very norm situation...
Those frequent clubbing will know, most people will start to drink wild when nearer to closing time...
People will start to cheers here cheers there, "bo ta bo lan pa"....
Than trouble will start to arrive...
Good move to stop selling after 3am, so all can go home peacefully in 1 piece...
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Beers are best when freshly chilled. No point buying at 3 am and wait until 6 am to drink warm beer. Haha.
But, agree, half baked policy. What do you expect the bars to do after 3 am? Sit and watch people drink? To close shop or not to close?
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Night life is not healthy, end early good mah.
We taxi driver can also end early
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Taxi drivers can knock off early
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No lah, I dont forsee much change in drinking pattern, at the most the problem will transfer to elsewhere, say Marina Bay areas, Orchard Towers or wherever. Plus ending at 3 am will mean CQ jam at 3am will be worst, if everybody heads out. In the end you'll have more ppl waiting for cabs for longer.
A lot of drunkards waiting by the road for cab until 5 or 6 am as usual.
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After 6am, more drunkards..lols
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Lansai lah, you people never listen when my boss talking is it. Dont go CQ. He so experienced also never play CQ, you want to go there for what? Plus he 3am already close shop so no such trouble. All this problem he forsee more than 1 year ago, Dont be stupid learn from experience cabby
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This is not a problem for cabby lah, it is a problem to police and club owners
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Originally posted by WeeKhek:
Lansai lah, you people never listen when my boss talking is it. Dont go CQ. He so experienced also never play CQ, you want to go there for what? Plus he 3am already close shop so no such trouble. All this problem he forsee more than 1 year ago, Dont be stupid learn from experience cabby
Knn, he tell you don't go CQ, you really never go?....
Than I pity you....
No wonder he only need 13 pax....
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Originally posted by Keepthechange666:
Knn, he tell you don't go CQ, you really never go?....
Than I pity you....
No wonder he only need 13 pax....
what 13 pax...... i prefer to listen to those got the abilties to get out of driving Taxi, on call for Taxi and keepthechange one.
those 13 pax....... his life will be forever sampan driver, listen.......... bowah $30 already more power than that.
(my finger also getting stronger)
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Originally posted by Keepthechange666:
Knn, he tell you don't go CQ, you really never go?....
Than I pity you....
No wonder he only need 13 pax....
You not Td talk this and that for what? Do you know latest news, whats really happening, how to make it as Td today? See, the answer is there already. Chief got so many years expereince and why he's the chief because of his knowledge, all zhun one not like you agar agar here and there. When experience person like chief talk and advise, only fools will not listen or follow. I pity those that follow your advises, I salute those that follow our chiefs.
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Frankly, driving taxis is not say cannot lah, but you must learn to make driving taxis an advantage to you, and to do that, you need some understanding on how taxi driving works. There are peoples, especially relief drivers that can find the niche in taxi driving, both as an extra income and yet a mode of transport.
And also to be frank, taxi driving got experience or no experience still a TD lah, and to proclaim a chieftain status in Taxi driving, is really nonsense. It is more of a respect to a person, be he a taxi driver or a beggar. And to be more vague, TD where got SMLJ chief, just drive lah
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Originally posted by WeeKhek:
You not Td talk this and that for what? Do you know latest news, whats really happening, how to make it as Td today? See, the answer is there already. Chief got so many years expereince and why he's the chief because of his knowledge, all zhun one not like you agar agar here and there. When experience person like chief talk and advise, only fools will not listen or follow. I pity those that follow your advises, I salute those that follow our chiefs.
Yes, I only interested in targetting those chief...
The more I gong wu gong bo, the more angry is your chief...
So, are you a chief also?...
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Originally posted by Keepthechange666:
Yes, I only interested in targetting those chief...
The more I gong wu gong bo, the more angry is your chief...
So, are you a chief also?...
That is snipper attitude
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Originally posted by Keepthechange666:
Yes, I only interested in targetting those chief...
The more I gong wu gong bo, the more angry is your chief...
So, are you a chief also?...
But then, at least you have to give him some respect as the way he respect, honored and loyal to his chief is beyong one ability to comprehend, and it can go into the extend that if his chief tell him to go Bedok R and jump, he might also do it.If only I can get weekhek to be my ass..sitant, that will be great, so loyal
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Originally posted by OptimalTrans:
That is snipper attitude
your initial OT = orkwee tau
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Originally posted by bowah:
But then, at least you have to give him some respect as the way he respect, honored and loyal to his chief is beyong one ability to comprehend, and it can go into the extend that if his chief tell him to go Bedok R and jump, he might also do it.If only I can get weekhek to be my ass..sitant, that will be great, so loyal
Loyal..... get a dog lor
Chow ah gua will only loyal to chow ah gua
Or...... you got intention to be.....
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Originally posted by OptimalTrans:
Loyal..... get a dog lor
Chow ah gua will only loyal to chow ah gua
Or...... you got intention to be.....
But LJ lang like you where got loyalty? Only stupidity
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Originally posted by OptimalTrans:
That is snipper attitude
snipper?? He using scissors is it? He your best shooter? So funny, he shoot with what? His kuku bird? He cannot smell chief and RSM backside la.
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Got chow ah gua, got lan jiao lang, got snipper, go kuku bird, got stupdity, even got dog involved..aiyo, brothers brothers, mai lah, talk until we all not worth a single cent for what, lai lai,
Lavender FC next monday, I open one table, left RSM, Chief, Chow ah gua, right Keepthechange, OT and J007, middle me and foolsh..rest are also welcome,...let have a good man to man talk,...gum bo?
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Originally posted by bowah:
Got chow ah gua, got lan jiao lang, got snipper, go kuku bird, got stupdity, even got dog involved..aiyo, brothers brothers, mai lah, talk until we all not worth a single cent for what, lai lai,
Lavender FC next monday, I open one table, left RSM, Chief, Chow ah gua, right Keepthechange, OT and J007, middle me and foolsh..rest are also welcome,...let have a good man to man talk,...gum bo?
Bro Bowah, what are the topics that you guys going to discuss?? How to make more $$$??
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Eh...this is a topicless topic, so dun get too serious ok. As for making $$, everyone also want to learn, and everyone also want $$, so he make, she make, they make, we make,...then who lose?? I mean someone got to lose right?