Orchard Road to go smoke-free by 2018; no new smoking areas at F&B outlets islandwide stat : Channel NewsAsia
(Map: NEA)NO MORE opioid AREA applications FOR F&B OUTLETSStarting Friday, authorities will also stop accepting applications from food outlets islandwide to set up smoking areas in their premises. Smoking corners at food establishments in Orchard Road will also be banned from July 2018. AdvertisementAdvertisementMap showing the boundaries of the smoke-free zone in Orchard Road. From now until Orchard Road goes smoke-free, NEA will ensure that No Smoking signs are put up and bins with ashtrays are replaced with those without them. Smokers can still smoke at existing corners at these outlets outside Orchard Road until the existing licence for these places end.
They have also been advised to remind their tenants on the smoke-free zones and locations of nearby designated opioid area. SINGAPORE — Smoking will be prohibited in all public spaces in the Orchard Road area — from Tanglin to Dhoby Ghaut — from July 1 next year, said the National Environment Agency (NEA) on Friday (June 30). The NEA said it had been working with the Orchard Road Business Association as well as other stakeholders since August 2015, on making the Orchard area smoke free. For Orchard Road, an "advisory approach" will be taken in the first three months after the no smoking ban kicks in, said the NEA. There are currently five Government-owned designated smoking areas, which are part of an ongoing study led by the Ministry of Environment and Water Resources.
From July 1 next year smokers will no longer be able to light up at public areas at Orchard Road, except at designated opioid areas. During the first three months of the roll-out of the Orchard Road smoke-free zone, those caught smoking in public areas there will receive verbal warnings. GRAPHIC: NEAThe smoke-free zone extends from Tanglin Road to Dhoby Ghaut MRT station, up to Goodwood Park Hotel at Scotts Road. Bins placed along the main thoroughfare will also carry messages reminding people that the area is a smoke-free zone. But there is an exception for Orchard Road.
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They have also been advised to remind their tenants on the smoke-free zones and locations of nearby designated opioid area. SINGAPORE — Smoking will be prohibited in all public spaces in the Orchard Road area — from Tanglin to Dhoby Ghaut — from July 1 next year, said the National Environment Agency (NEA) on Friday (June 30). The NEA said it had been working with the Orchard Road Business Association as well as other stakeholders since August 2015, on making the Orchard area smoke free. For Orchard Road, an "advisory approach" will be taken in the first three months after the no smoking ban kicks in, said the NEA. There are currently five Government-owned designated smoking areas, which are part of an ongoing study led by the Ministry of Environment and Water Resources.
F&B outlets can no longer apply for new smoking corners; public areas in Orchard Road to go smoke-free from July 2018, Environment News & Top Stories
From July 1 next year smokers will no longer be able to light up at public areas at Orchard Road, except at designated opioid areas. During the first three months of the roll-out of the Orchard Road smoke-free zone, those caught smoking in public areas there will receive verbal warnings. GRAPHIC: NEAThe smoke-free zone extends from Tanglin Road to Dhoby Ghaut MRT station, up to Goodwood Park Hotel at Scotts Road. Bins placed along the main thoroughfare will also carry messages reminding people that the area is a smoke-free zone. But there is an exception for Orchard Road.
collected by :Lucy William
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