Dare to take the risk?: One of the No Smoking signboards put up in the George Town World Heritage Zone in Armenian Street, Penang.
ALL buildings and public spaces in the George Town World Heritage Zone, except residential premises, are now off-limits to smokers.
Effective Saturday, the Health Ministry has gazetted the area as smoke-free and those found taking a puff indoors or outside a building, other than a residential building, can be issued a summons of up to RM5,000 or fined a maximum of RM10,000 or be jailed two years.
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