The Star, which has been giving Alcon (Alcohol Consumer Rights Group) minimal publicity, looks to have changed its stand. It ran a brief letter by Alcon on Saturday. Then on Monday, some old man who writes to The Star daily and who’s like 80 years old replied, saying increase liquor taxes! Goddamit. We dying out [...]
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
Yea, the official launch of the Alcohol Consumer-Rights Group is happening this Saturday! Drinks are complimentary. The group was formed last year to, among others, counter the crazy taxes we face in this country. Highest in Asia. And for beer, second highest in the world! Why?? It’s ridiculous, considering how much we earn. A couple [...]
Tags:Alcon launch·Budget 2012·consumer rights·excise and duty·liquor and beer·Malaysia
