'Guinness Stout baik untok kita'
Certain ‘religious’ people have a keen fascination on beer and liquor. And it looks like the inaugural Malaysia Day Ex-International/State Invitational Soccer 9s in KL is their latest target. These group question to why a beer company – in this case Carlsberg – are the sponsors of the tournament. Here's a history lesson. Guinness Anchor Bhd was incorporated on Jan 24, 1964 and the company changed its name to Guinness Malaysia Bhd on April 15, 1966. Our first Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman launched the new brewery in 1966 as evident in the first photo above. But some ‘folks’ have launched an attack on Tunku as seen here . Carlsberg Brewery Malaysia Berhad, meanwhile, began brewing Carlsberg Green Label beer locally in 1972. The second picture is an advertisement that appeared on page 2 of the Kesatuan Guru-Guru Melayu Malaysia Barat's AGM booklet in 1968. The following page was a message from the then deputy Prime Minister Tun Abdul Razak. No one kicked a fuss then. ...