Drinking Age In Malaysia
Can someone please confirm the drinking age in kuala lumpur there are mixed reports.
Drinking age in malaysia. The two exceptions are puerto rico and the virgin islands where the age is 18. Legal drinking age in clubs. Measures aimed to warn of the dangers of alcohol. However the enforcement on the new legal drinking age of 21 was held back until 16 october 2018.
In north america the legal drinking age and legal purchase age varies from 18 to 21 years. There are no laws stipulating the minimum age to enter clubs. Some people saying 18 and other saying 21. Kuala lumpur afp malaysia said on wednesday june 1 that it would raise its minimum age for alcohol consumption to 21 next year from the current 18 to stem underage drinking and alcohol abuse.
In malaysia people from the various non muslim cultures represented throughout the country also abide by. For any traveller to a predominantly muslim country such as malaysia the rules on alcohol availability and consumption are handy to know not only for accessibility but for insight into cultural sensitivities as well. In the united states the minimum legal age to purchase any alcohol beverage from a shop supermarket liquor store bar club or any other licensed premises is 21 years of age. The legal drinking age for malaysia is 21 years old and above which was officially changed from the previous legal drinking age of 18 with effect from 1 december 2017.
At the time of publication malaysia does not have a minimum legal drinking age. This is a recent statement released by moh where they said that there were some recent changes to malaysia s food regulations 1985 and hence the age limit for purchasing alcoholic drinks will be increased the star reported. Alcohol drinks sellers would also need to display cautionary warnings saying drinking alcohol can endanger health meminum arak boleh membahayakan kesihatan at. 16 the minimum age to purchase alcohol in malaysia has been raised from 18 to 21.
Clubs set their own rules as to the minimum age for entering ranging from 18 years old to 23 years old. Malaysian health minister dzulkefly ahmad announced that as of oct. Sharia law according to malaysia s sharia law all malaysian muslims are forbidden from drinking alcohol. So by raising our drinking age to 21 we ll actually be one of only 13 countries in the whole world to do so.
Hi everyone i will be traveling to kuala lumpur in august and will have a member in our group aged only 20 years old.