Damn. The Malaysia govt plans to come down on drinking in public, ie anywhere dat’s outside a designated F&B joint/area. A brewery contact informed me over the weekend that the law is already being drafted. WTf man. Without any consultation?? They shd have at least spoken to industry players and Alcon before comin out with [...]
Tags:Customs & Excise·Malaysian government·Ministry of Home Affairs
Budget 2012 will be tabled next week by the government. Will the tax on alcohol be raised further, although it’s already one of the world’s highest? I dont know. An outlet owner told me this – “my supplier advised me to order extra stock now as the tax is going up.” Maybe its a rumuor. [...]
Tags:booze tax·Budget 2012·consumer rights·mark-up·over-priced·profiteering
Alcon has officially launched! It’s been a journey that began in October last year very urgently and informally. And now, with 5,000 members (one of our launch objectives), Alcon (facebook.com/groups/myalcon) is ready to step-up and take it further. The Alcohol Consumer-Rights Group Malaysia launch happened Saturday afternoon, at Souled Out Cafe in Sri Hartamas. The [...]
Tags:alcohol pricing·alcohol regulations·consumer rights·Malaysian government·tax and excise
The Star ran an article a coupla weeks ago, claiming Malaysia is in the Top 10 for alcohol consumption in the world. Flattering, but totally false. It quoted a deputy minister Heng Seai Kie, saying things like we’re alcos, bla bla bla. The journalist and editors just took it as gospel and ran the story, [...]
Tags:alcoholics·consumer rights·data·Malaysia alcohol consumption
