KUALA LUMPUR: The National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) urged relevant agencies and authorities to beef up safety at beaches throughout the country in view of the growing number of deaths by drowning each year.
Its chairman Tan Sri Lee Lam Thye said, according to the Fire and Rescue Department, the number of drownings recorded in 2011 was 303.
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