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SINGAPORE — Smoking will be banned from all remaining public parks and gardens, certain water sites and 10 recreational beaches from Friday (1 July).
There will be a three-month grace period during which offenders will get verbal advisories.
Offenders will be subject to enforcement action from 1 October, said the National Environment Agency (NEA), National Parks Board (NParks), national water agency PUB and the Sentosa Development Corporation (SDC) in a joint statement on Wednesday (29 June).
The ban on these places had been announced during the Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment’s Committee of Supply Debate on 7 March.
The 10 beaches are: Changi Beach, East Coast Beach, West Coast Beach, Sembawang Beach, Pasir Ris Beach, Coney Island Beach, Punggol Beach, Siloso Beach, Palawan Beach, and Tanjong Beach.
In the joint statement, the four agencies said ‘No Smoking by law’ signage, posters and banners have been put up at the new smoke-free locations as reminders.
“Smoking is currently prohibited in more than 49,000 premises, both indoor and outdoor. We encourage smokers to be socially responsible when smoking in public places, and not to light up in smoking prohibited places,” said NEA, NParks, PUB and SDC.
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