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By FIDELIS SUKINA
Alcohol abuse causes a lot of problems and PNG’s only brewer
SP Brewery is running training to help with awareness.
Responsible Service of Alcohol (RAS) training is provided by
SP Brewery under the Brewery’s Corporate Social Responsibility activities.
The company is
training staff in the food and beverage industry and also licensed outlets that
sell alcohol through the RAS training.
I was fortunate enough last year to witness SP Brewery’s
Business Relations Manager Kala Geri conducting the training at the Crown Plaza hotel he told staff that the training was important and
would promote responsible serving of alcohol.
“Many people are drunk and disorderly and others are also under
age this training will help discourage sales and purchase by minors and as will
prevent damage to business and protect public safety” Geri said
He added that staff must know about the training on how to
help stop drunkenness
“Staff should be able to know the law and what it states about
serving minors and intoxicated persons staff must know how to manage and
minimize the problems associated directly or indirectly” Geri added
He said most people are too drunk to even continue and are
yet served alcohol and that caused a lot of problems
“Staff must know how much alcohol a person is consuming and
stop serving once the person is getting out of hand” Geri added
Crown Plaza was the first to receive the training last year
but previously SP Brewery conducted similar trainings at Gateway, Weigh Inn,
Grand Papua, Lamana and Shady Rest Hotels. Its time we had the tools to help
combat drunkenness
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