PUTRAJAYA: The Health Ministry issued a total of 5,199 compound notices worth RM1,253,150 last month for smoking offences under the Control of Tobacco Product Regulations (PPKHT) 2004, says Health director-general Datuk Dr Muhammad Radzi Abu Hassan.
A homeowner on Lorong Kg Sembulan 14 risks becoming RM10,000 poorer, for inadvertently allowing mosquitoes to breed in the metal stand he fashioned for his rubbish bin.
MELAKA: The Melaka Health Department has issued, as of July 1, a total of 93 notices under Section 8 of the Destruction of Disease-Bearing Insects Act to owners of premises where mosquito-breeding sites were found.
City Hall is cracking down on residential ratepayers who inadvertently contribute to the likelihood of mosquito habitats forming in their areas, particularly in neighbourhoods which are wrestling with dengue outbreaks.
KUANTAN: There has been a 130 per cent spike in the number of dengue cases in Pahang, as of June 17, said state Health director Datuk Dr Nor Azimi Yunus.