Restaurants, coffee shops may stop selling beer due to new govt policy

Sixty percent of restaurants and 80 percent of coffee shops nationwide may stop selling beer following the new government policy requiring them to apply for a licence, starting Jan 1.

Malaysia Singapore Coffee Shop Proprietors’ General Association president Wong Teu Hoon said operators may not think it is worth paying between RM840 and RM1,320 for a licence when they can hardly earn from selling beer…