President to revoke beer ruling<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): President Soeharto is expected to issue a decree
\nrevoking the Bali governor's ruling authorizing a private
\ncompany, PT Arbamass Multi Invesco, to act as sole distributor of
\nlevy-labeled beer in the resort island.<\/p>\n
A senior official at the Ministry of Industry and Trade said
\nthat Director General for Domestic Trade Djoko Mulyono hosted a
\nmeeting with other senior officials from the Ministry of Home
\nAffairs, the Directorate General of Customs and Excise, the
\nDirectorate General of Taxes and the gubernatorial office of Bali
\nto discuss the problems related to levy-labeling of beer in Bali.<\/p>\n
The levy-sticker problem was aired by the brewers association,
\nwhich halted beer supplies to Bali last month in a protest
\nagainst the labeling by Arbamass.<\/p>\n
Each bottle of beer in Bali is subject to a sticker with a
\nnominal value of Rp 200, but buyers have to pay Rp 600 for the
\nlabeling.<\/p>\n
Arbamass's president, Emir Baramuli, however, denied that his
\ncompany has collected levies from the labeling and monopolized
\nthe beer business in Bali.<\/p>\n
"Calling Arbamass a tax collector, a sticker trader and a
\nmonopoly holder on the Bali market is slander. The company can
\nsue for defamation," Emir said Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Minister of Industry and Trade Tunky Ariwibowo announced at a
\nfast breaking gathering at his office Tuesday evening that he had
\nyet to receive a report of the officials' meeting from Director
\nGeneral of Domestic Trade Djoko Mulyono.<\/p>\n
Tunky acknowledged that Djoko had also just held another
\nmeeting with Arbamass and brewers at his office.<\/p>\n
"We want to know about the problem from the parties directly
\ninvolved and to check whether the Bali governor's decree was
\nbased on laws or not," Tunky said.<\/p>\n
He said that based on facts found, he will make a report to
\nPresident Soeharto and propose a solution.<\/p>\n
When asked by reporters prior to a cabinet meeting here
\nyesterday, Tunky assured that any levies which are not based on
\nlaws will be revoked. (kod)<\/p>",
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