No smoking at heritage site
FROM Aug 1, the George Town Unesco World Heritage Site here will be gazetted as a smoke-free zone.
State Environment, Health, Welfare and Caring Society Committee chairman Phee Boon Poh said a working paper on the matter would be sent to the Health Ministry before the end of the month.
Phee, who is also Cigarette Smoke-Free Penang (Penbar) chairman, said if all goes according to plan, the no-smoking zone for George Town Unesco World Heritage Site would be enforced from Aug 1.
He said after it is gazetted, the various authorities, including the State Health Department, would conduct campaigns to create greater awareness on the smoke-free zone for the heritage site.
“Penbar has also formed a task force comprising the various authorities, including the police, state Islamic Religious Department and Health Department, to carry out enforcement work,” he said yesterday.
Phee also said Penbar would introduce new signages for smoke-free zones soon.
The signages would include the amount for compounds, fines and jail term besides the no-smoking reminder.
Offenders face the maximum compound of RM5,000. They could also be liable to a maximum fine of RM10,000 or two years’ jail.
The latest setting up of a smoke-free zone in the heritage site will bring to seven the total number of no-smoking areas in the state capital.
The other areas are Botanical Garden, Youth Park, Air Itam dam, Mengkuang and Teluk Bahang dams and Ampang Jajar Municipal Park.
They were gazetted as smoke-free zones on Oct 2, 2012.
~News courtesy of New Straits Times~
FROM Aug 1, the George Town Unesco World Heritage Site here will be gazetted as a smoke-free zone.
State Environment, Health, Welfare and Caring Society Committee chairman Phee Boon Poh said a working paper on the matter would be sent to the Health Ministry before the end of the month.
Phee, who is also Cigarette Smoke-Free Penang (Penbar) chairman, said if all goes according to plan, the no-smoking zone for George Town Unesco World Heritage Site would be enforced from Aug 1.
He said after it is gazetted, the various authorities, including the State Health Department, would conduct campaigns to create greater awareness on the smoke-free zone for the heritage site.
“Penbar has also formed a task force comprising the various authorities, including the police, state Islamic Religious Department and Health Department, to carry out enforcement work,” he said yesterday.
Phee also said Penbar would introduce new signages for smoke-free zones soon.
The signages would include the amount for compounds, fines and jail term besides the no-smoking reminder.
Offenders face the maximum compound of RM5,000. They could also be liable to a maximum fine of RM10,000 or two years’ jail.
The latest setting up of a smoke-free zone in the heritage site will bring to seven the total number of no-smoking areas in the state capital.
The other areas are Botanical Garden, Youth Park, Air Itam dam, Mengkuang and Teluk Bahang dams and Ampang Jajar Municipal Park.
They were gazetted as smoke-free zones on Oct 2, 2012.
~News courtesy of New Straits Times~
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