Hey-day of wine bars in Arakan and it’s social and health problems
Accordingly inside Arakan state sources, it is now appearing social and health problems brought about among wine drunkers on account of wine bars selling wine very exceedingly and free style in Arakan state. In consequence of having addicted by the disease of icterus, korsakow’s syndrome, melancholia and delirium tremens and dropsy after using wine imported from Mandalay and Rangoon by container cars to Arakan state. Forty percent of wine drunkers are addicted melancholia disease and there is a rate of monthly dying is three persons of drunkers only in Sittwe that the sources said.
There are imported wines from Mandalay to Arakan state are London, White orange, Myanmar Rum, Wiski, Mekhong and Black cat. The prices for each bottle of any kind of wines is over 800 Kyats more than Mandalay rate while only 200 Kyats per bottle of BEDC, productive alcohol of Myanmar government, in Arakan state. But at the same time there have been some higher price alcoholic bottle such as Hanesy Brandy, Red Lebel and the Johnny Walker in there Arakan state.
The price of Hanesy Brandy in Mandalay city is 40,000 Kyats and it is cost 50,000 Kyats in Sittwe. There have been 35,000 Kyats and 24,000 Kyats for Red Lable and Johnny Walker respectively of Mandalay price but 6,000 Kyats more in Sittwe than Mandalay. Those different wines mentioned above can be easily bought and drunk from whole-sale and retail price shops in any time in Arakan.
Bu Maung Chay, a cop, and Kyaw Chay, a business man, --worked togather and getting license for alcoholic auction in Ponna gyuan Township—have been distributing alcohol to the whole Township of Ponna gyuan. There may have been seen 25 wine bars included Thein Tan Restaurant and View Point Restaurant in Ponna gyuan Town, and there have been many branches wine bars in the Township areas under their license.
Like wise, Ponna gyuan township, there are over fifty wine bars in Kyauk Taw downtown including Nawarat Restaurant, Nilar Win, Taroke Ma (Ms. Chinese), Shan Lay and Yauk Fa Chay (younger brother-in-law) Restaurant that the sources said.
In Sittwe, the capital city of Arakan state, there are so many wine bars, big and small, wide and narrow, fine and ugly are enclosed to down town and out skirt of Sittwe. Among them, the followings are more busy wine bars; Kyaw Chay wine bar, Maung Ni Aung wine bar and Kyaw Ohm wine bar are from south-Rupa quarter. Palet-wa Aung Than wine bar, Maung Saw Pru wine bar, Ein-Bouk-Wa Restaurant and May-Yu Restaurant are from Kye-Bun-Gri quarter. Some wine bars have erected its sign board by name but some don’t do. But some big sign board in the size of 24ft X 6ft may be seen in the down town. London wine is very famous for its big sign board and the name of the street of area is written in the sign boards respectively. Therefore, the Municipal authorities of Sittwe no need to erect the sign boards written the name of street separately.
But, in Kyauk Taw and Ponna Gyum towns, most of wine bars owners are not willing to erect sign boards because there must be paid Ten thousands Kyats per one square feet for sign board tax collected by township Municipal authorities.
In the affair of social and health problems brought about in Arakan state is grown more. Kyaw Bu Chay aged 48, the owner of View Point wine bar, and Aung Tun Naing a school teacher both were from Ponna Gyum town, died of alcohol as well as Maung Pru Chay – aged 32 of Singu land quarter, Aung Kyi Thein aged 40 from Kyaungded land quarter of Sittwe were dead. Thein Tun Aung aged 35 from northern Sanpra quarter and Maung Thein Chay of Main Road both from sittwe are in delirium tremens disease that the sources said.
Date: Friday, February 24, 2006
By Arakan National Council – ANC Human Rights Documentation Committee (present Dhaka)
Released from:
The Good Morning Arakan – GMA (News)
There are imported wines from Mandalay to Arakan state are London, White orange, Myanmar Rum, Wiski, Mekhong and Black cat. The prices for each bottle of any kind of wines is over 800 Kyats more than Mandalay rate while only 200 Kyats per bottle of BEDC, productive alcohol of Myanmar government, in Arakan state. But at the same time there have been some higher price alcoholic bottle such as Hanesy Brandy, Red Lebel and the Johnny Walker in there Arakan state.
The price of Hanesy Brandy in Mandalay city is 40,000 Kyats and it is cost 50,000 Kyats in Sittwe. There have been 35,000 Kyats and 24,000 Kyats for Red Lable and Johnny Walker respectively of Mandalay price but 6,000 Kyats more in Sittwe than Mandalay. Those different wines mentioned above can be easily bought and drunk from whole-sale and retail price shops in any time in Arakan.
Bu Maung Chay, a cop, and Kyaw Chay, a business man, --worked togather and getting license for alcoholic auction in Ponna gyuan Township—have been distributing alcohol to the whole Township of Ponna gyuan. There may have been seen 25 wine bars included Thein Tan Restaurant and View Point Restaurant in Ponna gyuan Town, and there have been many branches wine bars in the Township areas under their license.
Like wise, Ponna gyuan township, there are over fifty wine bars in Kyauk Taw downtown including Nawarat Restaurant, Nilar Win, Taroke Ma (Ms. Chinese), Shan Lay and Yauk Fa Chay (younger brother-in-law) Restaurant that the sources said.
In Sittwe, the capital city of Arakan state, there are so many wine bars, big and small, wide and narrow, fine and ugly are enclosed to down town and out skirt of Sittwe. Among them, the followings are more busy wine bars; Kyaw Chay wine bar, Maung Ni Aung wine bar and Kyaw Ohm wine bar are from south-Rupa quarter. Palet-wa Aung Than wine bar, Maung Saw Pru wine bar, Ein-Bouk-Wa Restaurant and May-Yu Restaurant are from Kye-Bun-Gri quarter. Some wine bars have erected its sign board by name but some don’t do. But some big sign board in the size of 24ft X 6ft may be seen in the down town. London wine is very famous for its big sign board and the name of the street of area is written in the sign boards respectively. Therefore, the Municipal authorities of Sittwe no need to erect the sign boards written the name of street separately.
But, in Kyauk Taw and Ponna Gyum towns, most of wine bars owners are not willing to erect sign boards because there must be paid Ten thousands Kyats per one square feet for sign board tax collected by township Municipal authorities.
In the affair of social and health problems brought about in Arakan state is grown more. Kyaw Bu Chay aged 48, the owner of View Point wine bar, and Aung Tun Naing a school teacher both were from Ponna Gyum town, died of alcohol as well as Maung Pru Chay – aged 32 of Singu land quarter, Aung Kyi Thein aged 40 from Kyaungded land quarter of Sittwe were dead. Thein Tun Aung aged 35 from northern Sanpra quarter and Maung Thein Chay of Main Road both from sittwe are in delirium tremens disease that the sources said.
Date: Friday, February 24, 2006
By Arakan National Council – ANC Human Rights Documentation Committee (present Dhaka)
Released from:
The Good Morning Arakan – GMA (News)
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