After Tangerang, Depok

In emulating Tangerang, Depok plans to pass bylaws governing liquor and immorality. A repeat mistake.

April 25, 2006

IF a policy is drawn up using the copy-paste principle, in other words just taking the same policy from another city, what can we do but beat our breasts? But this is what has happened in Depok, West Java. There, two laws have been drawn up in a way such that the procedure and contents can best be said as negligent.

The two planned regulations are bylaws on banning the distribution and sale of alcoholic drinks and another on immorality. The former

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