Help fight dengue menace, public told


Stinky mess: Hawker Koay Hoo Kooi, 39, looking at the rubbish-filled drainage in Jalan Sekolah La Salle in Penang. — By CHAN BOON KAI / The Star

GEORGE TOWN: A community leader, whose brother has been admitted into the hospital for dengue, has urged the public to be actively involved in getting rid of Aedes ­mosquitoes.

“It is not only the responsibility of the local authorities to keep the areas clean. It is a joint effort,” said Taman Lumba Kuda community development and security committee (JKKK) chairman Su Weng Hoe.

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