Although our government has increasing ban smoking in many places but enforcement is getting weak in Singapore not only on irresponsible smokers but errant drivers, dogs that poo everywhere, escooter that zoom around without regards for pedestrians, urine inside lift and stairways as well as littering.
Somehow, I feel Singapore as a society has become less civic conscious as observed from many leaving their plates around, leaving rental bicycle everywhere. Our public toilet stinks most of the time even in some shopping malls, worst than many hawkers center toilets I have visited just up north in JB.
I understand that many coffeeshops in Singapore has came out with a creative smoking zone by allocating right or left side corner seats and call that smoking zone, even though it is sheltered area.
So, many times our table is non smoking and the next table is smoking table and the 2nd hand smoke is choking us.
I understand that coffeeshop has a business to run and selling cigarettes is part of the business nature so having a smoking area makes economic sense but there should be a balance between business and well beings of those who do not smoke. I hope our government department should consider to request coffeeshop owner to have a transparent plastic/glass/perspec full height divider to partition between smoking and non smoking zone.
Also, adding an exhaust fan to suck out the smoke from the smoking area before it get trapped and flow over to non smoking areas. These are simple things and low cost effective measures to implement so I hope to hear from the related department about this.
Somehow, I feel Singapore as a society has become less civic conscious as observed from many leaving their plates around, leaving rental bicycle everywhere. Our public toilet stinks most of the time even in some shopping malls, worst than many hawkers center toilets I have visited just up north in JB.
I understand that many coffeeshops in Singapore has came out with a creative smoking zone by allocating right or left side corner seats and call that smoking zone, even though it is sheltered area.
So, many times our table is non smoking and the next table is smoking table and the 2nd hand smoke is choking us.
I understand that coffeeshop has a business to run and selling cigarettes is part of the business nature so having a smoking area makes economic sense but there should be a balance between business and well beings of those who do not smoke. I hope our government department should consider to request coffeeshop owner to have a transparent plastic/glass/perspec full height divider to partition between smoking and non smoking zone.
Also, adding an exhaust fan to suck out the smoke from the smoking area before it get trapped and flow over to non smoking areas. These are simple things and low cost effective measures to implement so I hope to hear from the related department about this.
Littering Sight at Bugis Village which you will not see it in Shilin market |