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General => General Discussion => Topic started by: Foxy Brown on February 22, 2008, 08:03:50 PM

Title: Alcohol makers plan legal challenge to ban on boozy lunches
Post by: Foxy Brown on February 22, 2008, 08:03:50 PM

Alcohol producers in Henan province have retained a lawyer to appeal a controversial government document that bans officials from drinking alcohol at lunch during work days.

Kang Yinzhong, a lawyer retained by the Henan Alcohol Association, said that drinking was a private affair and holding public office shouldn't keep someone from consuming alcohol as long as it did not affect their work. (http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-02/20/content_7635905.htm)

Title: Re: Alcohol makers plan legal challenge to ban on boozy lunches
Post by: Asmodai on February 22, 2008, 08:11:53 PM

They've got a point. If alcohol doesn't interfere with their job, the law restricts the freedom of public officials for no good reason. It's not like most bureaucrats operate heavy machinery.

Besides, a lunch meeting often goes better with a little wine. :)