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What a load of b@ll@cks, innit?

YES! :rofl: :rofl:

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No the new policy clearly states 5 deck beds max...it's got to be the hotel industry pulling the strings of the Tourism dept..

John

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TOI today is saying there are going to be 329 shacks this season.

329 x 5 = 1645 sun beds in total.

I think there are going to be a lot of unhappy sunbedless tourists this season.

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That's only counting shacks on public land: the shack we always used at Candolim (and many others) are on private land i.e. where local fishermen previously had their boat shacks, these aren't part of the 'lottery'.

AndyD 8-)₹

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so in most places they'll hardly be 'beach' beds! (when is a sun-lounger a chair and when is it a bed?)

No sunbeds, no smoking, no ciggies on sale - but 5 lakh foreign tourists wanted!

AndyD 8-)₹

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Can you imagine the problems and probable violence this tobacco ruling is going to have? Drunken chav type craving nicotine will not a happy person be!

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At least the CCTV cameras will pick up all the action!!!!:rofl:

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Ugh! brown undies :rofl:

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I wonder if there will be a CCTV camera in the 'till' area - you know, where the computer & printer will be sited that will generate the 'printed bill' for the customer's food & refreshment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Each shack might need to invest in a 'pure sine wave' ups or similar to keep the sensitive electronics of the computer, printer & the CCTV camera's DVR happy. . . . . . . . . . . .

Yeh, and pigs might fly too.

H.

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Video: Shack Owners demand rollback of shack policy
27 Sep: Goa 365. Disappointed with the cabinet decision on the 2012-13 shack policy announced on Thursday, the members of Shack Owners Welfare Society on Thursday took out a protest rally in Panjim demanding its rollback…

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27 Sep: Times of India. The new beach shack policy, which was approved by the cabinet, has stopped hoteliers from putting deck beds/ umbrellas on the beaches,.. chief minister Manohar Parrikar said that five star hotels will be not allowed to put deck beds/ umbrellas on beaches
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Beware! Rs 500/1000 note you receive may be fake

29 Sep: Navhind Times. Counterfeit notes in the denomination of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 have been flooding the Goa market, causing widespread concern among the law enforcement authorities and the banks… Sources close to the police said the common man would find it difficult to tell if the notes were genuine…

Cigarettes have NOT been banned in Goa

28 Sep: First Post. Yesterday, social media was abuzz with news that ‘cigarettes were banned’ in Goa, thanks, in large part, to a Times of India report headlined Sale of cigarettes banned in Goa. No, the sale of cigarettes are not banned in Goa, so relax. The only difference is, the shack or bar where you might be eating and drinking will not stock and sell cigarettes. Cigarettes will continue to be sold by the local grocer, the cigarette shop, the departmental store, and so on… :thumbdown::thumbdown:

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Cigarettes have NOT been banned in Goa

28 Sep: First Post. Yesterday, social media was abuzz with news that ‘cigarettes were banned’ in Goa, thanks, in large part, to a Times of India report headlined Sale of cigarettes banned in Goa. No, the sale of cigarettes are not banned in Goa, so relax. The only difference is, the shack or bar where you might be eating and drinking will not stock and sell cigarettes. Cigarettes will continue to be sold by the local grocer, the cigarette shop, the departmental store, and so on… :thumbdown::thumbdown:

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SHAME

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Yes, everyone has been going on about this, after clearly not having read the article.
The headline was very misleading, but the text only said bars restaurants and eating establishments were banned from selling tobacco products.