Sure you must have seen this sign

I believe it has something to do with not having alcohol for sale when school kids are let out for the day, although it seems to be in force at the weekend too so that doesn't make complete sense to me....perhaps I was misinformed.

Because it's the law.

(Note purchase of more than 10 litres of alcoholic beverage is allowed at any time if the shop has a wholesale licence.)

Because it's the law.

(Note purchase of more than 10 litres of alcoholic beverage is allowed at any time if the shop has a wholesale licence.)

no shyt sherlock just wanted to know the logic behind it.

this law was implemented under Thaskin's govt. if i remember well, it was meant to put people back to work...

None of the above.

This law was implemented so it can make Farangs like me start swearing and cursing.

How do I always manage to go to the supermarket during restriction hours?.....I don't know

Because it's the law.

(Note purchase of more than 10 litres of alcoholic beverage is allowed at any time if the shop has a wholesale licence.)

no shyt sherlock just wanted to know the logic behind it.

Logic??

You really are new here.......a genuine newbie.......welcome.

I believe it has something to do with not having alcohol for sale when school kids are let out for the day, although it seems to be in force at the weekend too so that doesn't make complete sense to me....perhaps I was misinformed.

I think that was why Taksin introduced it in the first place. But yeah doesn't really make any sense at all.

I also heard it was to make it difficult for school kids to purchase alcohol. A bit of a joke as every Mom & Pop shop will have no qualms selling outside hours. And obviously restaurants and hotels can go on selling.

And the kids are on Yaba anyway

Because it's the law.

(Note purchase of more than 10 litres of alcoholic beverage is allowed at any time if the shop has a wholesale licence.)

no shyt sherlock just wanted to know the logic behind it.

Logic??

You really are new here.......a genuine newbie.......welcome.

that would have been some measure of an insult if i was truly a long time member of this forum or a long term resident in thailand which i am neither.

Because it's the law.

(Note purchase of more than 10 litres of alcoholic beverage is allowed at any time if the shop has a wholesale licence.)

no shyt sherlock just wanted to know the logic behind it.

Logic??

You really are new here.......a genuine newbie.......welcome.

that would have been some measure of an insult if i was truly a long time member of this forum or a long term resident in thailand which i am neither.

No chance whatsoever of it being an insult.

A long time member or long time resident wouldn't ask the logic of such a thing.

So, once again welcome to Thailand and TV.

No logic, its the law.

Argument; keep school children away from alc (as might have been the argument for this law) is ridicolous.

As - by theory - no one younger than 20 (legal age) is allowed to buy alcohol anyway.

retarded law

Ol' square-face was pandering to social/religious conservatives at the time, concurrent with crackdowns on after-hours.

What I love is when I have to escalate the issue to management, trying to convince everyone root beer and/or ginger ale are non-alcoholic. . .

to teach people submission.

Thaksin decides some complete nonsense and the country must follow. It is good to teach people who is the boss.

The amazing thing isn't that this rather idiotic law is in place. The truly stunning thing is that it is enforced.

Well it's certainly not a farang friendly law, given that many tourists probably don't know about the Mom'n'Pop option or want different alcohol than just beer, Thai whisky or Spy. So maybe Mr T was killing three birds with one stone ie pandering to some conservative forces, being unfriendly to tourists and not giving people unfriendly to him who control 7/11 Big C Makro etc a slice of the 24 hour action. Tourists are probably small fry in regards to the alcohol sales business in Thailand anyway.

Well that didn't take long to descend into (yet another) Thaksin bash by the usual suspects, eh?

Do you chaps have TV configured so it sends you an SMS or email alert whenever the word Thaksin appears in a new post?

http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/newmandala/2014/01/03/how-bad-is-thaksinomics/

The law was introduced to "discourage school kids from buying alcohol". It was panned as having being ill-thought-out from the beginning when bars, restaurants and smaller liquor wholesalers discovered they could not buy their stock [from Macro, larger wholesalers, etc.] at certain times. The law was then quickly amended to allow purchases of over 10 litres at any time.

The fact that the law was so badly thought-out and the fact that it clearly fails to achieve its goal led to press speculation. The reasons suggested for this law were

1. To quiet critics. At that time critics of the Thaksin regime were attacking it using the accusation it pandered to firms producing alcohol and was thus immoral under Buddhist teaching.

2. As a useful tool for extracting fines or bribes in lieu of fines for the police along the same lines of the short-lived law that prohibited petrol sales during some hours of the night

3. To pacify the groups of 'mom and pop stores' that were joining with nationalist groups to protest the expansion of foreign-owned retail stores, in particular, Tesco Lotus. The thinking being the larger stores would have to obey the law whilst the mom and pops could ignore it.

Personally, I suscribe to the opinion that it was just a very badly thought-out law that can arise when lawmaking becomes dictatorial rather than going through stages of discussion, trialling and stakeholder review.

It's an asinine law, akin to the one that forbids bottles of alcohol in New Year gift baskets.

Well that didn't take long to descend into (yet another) Thaksin bash by the usual suspects, eh?

Do you chaps have TV configured so it sends you an SMS or email alert whenever the word Thaksin appears in a new post?

Thaksin made this law, or not?

So, they had difficulties identifying who was under or over 20, yes.

The law was implemented by the Thai government "department for image amongst bitter expats".

Having read the numerous comments here on TVF from bitter expats ranting about the ability of Thai people to perform even the most rudimentary forward planning, the minister for "image amongst bitter expats" implemented the change to alcohol laws and a change to the law governing the use of security cameras.

Stores selling alcohol are now required to close sales at certain times of the day AND video the dumb expats who can't plan for the next time they need their daily alcohol fix.

I've heard they are building a case to present to the Thai people to show that there are expats too who simply can't plan forward.

As I vaguely recall, it was implemented by Thaksin with several different excuses, but the real purpose was to punish Charoen, who owned the 7-11 franchises across Thailand, for leaving Thaksin's supporters and moving into either a neutral or opposing political stance.

Loads of excuses for a bad law, but it had personal motives behind it.

Mom and Pops don't have to follow it; big stores got caught up in the personal dispute; it was aimed at 7-11 which follows it rigidly to avoid the backwash from what could happen.

I believe it has something to do with not having alcohol for sale when school kids are let out for the day, although it seems to be in force at the weekend too so that doesn't make complete sense to me....perhaps I was misinformed.

OR............. they could just ask the student for I.D. ,If he/she is of age then fine, if not, then............... Common sense really but alas Thailand is lacking in lots of this.

well if the law is meant to reduce random alcohol sales from supermarkets it works. I don't know how many times I've wandered over to the liquor section to grab something and then realized what time it is......bugger

Well, next time you are in a 7 11 during these hours, pop in to the next Family Mart, because they don't have this rule :-)

The law was introduced during the Thaksin regime. Same for early closing hours for bars/night clubs.

I think the laws are progressive and have greatly reduced alcohol abuse. (roll eyes) Same for the innovative method of reducing traffic accidents by appeasing evil spirits- or maybe it was kicking them out

Alcohol abuse down, traffic accidents eliminated, why can't the dear readers here be a little more positive

You can buy alcohol at the Villa Markets in Bangkok anytime.