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No alcohol sale during lockdown, cigarettes allowed for addicts - deputy minister
Published:  Jun 4, 2021 4:18 PM
Updated: 9:33 AM

The sale of alcoholic beverages is banned at all premises during the current "total lockdown" period as it is not an essential item, said Deputy Minister of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Rosol Wahid.

However, he said cigarettes - while also not an essential good - can still be sold to avoid "problems" with addicts.

This is after confusion arose on whether hypermarkets and grocers...


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