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KUALA LUMPUR: The Health Ministry has authorised 189 enforcement officers such as auxiliary police, local authorities and other agencies under Section 3 of the Food Act 1983 to ensure public compliance with the ban on smoking in prohibited places.
"Until now there are 189 enforcement officers and auxiliary police, namely 95 enforcers from Kuala Lumpur City Hall , 77 auxiliary police from Sunway Group and 17 auxiliary police from Universiti Teknologi Mara Sungai Buloh have been delegated to ensure public compliance,” he said at a question and answer session at Dewan Negara, today.
Commenting further, Lukanisman said the creation of a special space outside the restaurant area, which is a place gazetted as a no-smoking area, must obtain the permission of the local authority. "The main purpose is to ensure that only basic facilities such as cigarette ashtrays are provided to prevent smokers from staying in those places for a long time; the Health Ministry is involved in the implementation by local councils to ensure that all technical inputs as outlined in this circular are complied with," he said.
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