MELAKA: A total of 9,500 premises or 9.7% of the 98,299 premises inspected in Melaka last year were hosts to Aedes mosquito breeding sites, said State Health Director Dr. Ruzita Mustaffa. She said the inspections, conducted under the Destruction of Disease-Bearing Insects Act (APSPP) 1975 for dengue fever prevention and control, involved 7,756 residential homes and...
IPOH: Following integrated operations conducted by the state health department between January and May this year, 31 eateries across Perak have been ordered to close immediately for violating Section 11 of the Food Act 1983. The State Human Resources, Health, National Integration, and Indian Community Affairs Committee chairman, A. Sivanesan (pic), said that 1,330 notices worth...
GEORGE TOWN: Police have seized 57 motorcycles and issued 88 compounds for various offences during an operation in Bayan Baru just before midnight Saturday (Dec 2) until Sunday (Dec 3) morning. Southwest district police chief Supt Kamarul Rizal Jenal said the operation, dubbed Ops Samseng Jalan, saw over 40 enforcement personnel coming together to nab the...
PUTRAJAYA: For failing to protect the welfare and rights of their workers, 272 employers have been slapped with compounds worth RM2.17mil by the Human Resources Ministry since Jan 1. Its minister V. Sivakumar said 1,321 investigation papers were also opened against 645 employers found committing acts in breach of laws enforced by the Labour Department,...
