Indonesia’s capital Jakarta is bringing beer back to its mini-marts, the city’s governor said on Tuesday, more than a year after sales of the alcoholic drink were banned in small retailers in the world’s most populous Muslim nation. “The point is (drinks with alcohol content) below 5 percent will be allowed, and beer is included,” Jakarta governor Basuki Purnama Tjahja told reporters, adding that unlicensed vendors would be penalised.
But the ban, which was last year issued by the trade ministry, remains in place across the rest of the country. “The prohibition of sales of alcoholic beverages in retailers the size of mini-marts and below, is still in place,” Trade Minister Tom Lembong told Reuters by text message.
Major brewers have raised concerns over the nationa ban, saying the regulation could hurt profits and expansion plans in Southeast Asia’s biggest economy. PT Multi Bintang Indonesia, majority-owned by Heineken, had said last year that a planned 40 million euro (29.42 million pounds) investment hinged on regulatory certainty,
The east Javanese city of Surabaya this month proposed a ban on alcohol, but it remained unclear if this would apply to hotels and bars in the country’s second-largest city. The predominantly Christian province of Papua last month banned alcohol, blaming its consumption for a rise in crime, according to local media.
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I started rewatching *The Bear* while cooking dinner, and somehow the kitchen scenes made me feel more stressed than the actual workday. The character relationships kept me watching, though, especially because the quieter moments felt much more real than the big dramatic arguments.