IPOH (Bernama): The Health Ministry does not have agents selling no-smoking signage at restaurants and food premises, says its Deputy Minister Dr Lee Boon Chye.
He said action would be taken against any parties selling the signage, if there were reports that they claimed to be agents from the ministry following the government's move to ban smoking in food premises from January next year.
"The ministry has received reports that there were parties selling the no smoking signage for RM10,” he said.
Dr Lee, who is Gopeng MP, said owners of food premises and restaurants could buy or make their own no-smoking signage, according to the stipulated measurement of 40cm x 50cm.
“It is not a problem if the size is smaller, as long as the signage is displayed," he told reporters after a gotong-royong programme organised by Kinta Health Office with the cooperation of Ipoh City Council here on Sunday (Dec 30).
He said the signage does not need the ministry's logo and could be in other languages, besides Bahasa Malaysia.
“It must have the no-smoking logo,” he said, adding that only one signage would suffice at each food premises, as long as customers could see it.
He said owners of premises who failed to do so could be fined up to RM3,000. - Bernama
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