Monday November 9, 2009
No sale of alcoholic drinks at 17 convenience stores in Shah Alam
By SALINA KHALID
SOME of the 24-hour convenience stores in Shah Alam have stopped selling alcoholic drinks in their premises voluntarily, said mayor Mazalan Md Noor.
Mazalan said 17 of the 7-Eleven outlets in city located in Section 1 to 24 had decided to stop selling the drinks.
For all to see: Mazalan (left) and the city council’s Licensing and Enforcement department director Rosli Bakar putting up a poster on alcoholic drinks at the entrance of a convenience store in Shah Alam on Friday. “There are 79 7-Eleven outlets in the city.
“We are not stopping them from selling alcoholic drinks (containing less than 8% of alcohol) but we want them to be clear about the rules.
“They also have to self-regulate the sales by not selling the drinks to those under 18 and Muslim customers,” said Mazalan.
He said this after visiting some of the convenience stores in Section 9, Shah Alam, recently.
During the visit, Mazalan handed out stickers, brochures and posters to the owners of three convenience stores.
This was part of efforts to boost awareness on the implementation of self regulation in selling alcoholic drinks in the city.
Reminder: A sticker placed on a refrigerator at a store stocked with alcoholic drinks. Mazalan said more such stickers, brochures and posters containing information and guidelines on the sale of the drinks containing less than 8% of alcohol would also be distributed to convenience store operators in the city as part of efforts to boost awareness and encourage them to exercise self-regulation.
“This is the first phase. Next we will visit the hypermarkets as well as sundry and medical halls in the city that sell such drinks,” he said.
He said there were about 500 of such outlets in the state selling these drinks.
He added that the posters and stickers should be placed at the entrance to the premises, at the payment counter and on the refrigerators where the cold drinks are kept to remind the customers of the rules.
“At the same time, we are also encouraging the operators to separate the alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks and place these on separate shelves or in two different refrigerators.
“The operators are also encouraged to record the customers’ details if they have any doubts about their age and religion,” he said.
Mazalan also encouraged the councillors to play a pro-active role and help disseminate information about the existing laws regarding the sale of such drinks to Muslims and those under 18.
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