Jump to full article: Fiji Times Online (fj), 2005-10-19
Intro: ENACTING regulations to stop people from smoking on public service vehicles was commended but there was a need to ensure the rules are enforced.
The comment was made by the president of the Fiji Bus Operators Association Pyara Singh and general secretary of the Fiji Taxi Union Rishi Ram on the decision by the Ministry of Health to enforce no smoking rules on public service vehicles.
Mr Ram, the FTU general secretary, said this law should have been in existence a long time ago.
"But the most important thing to do would be to have a body that would enforce this no smoking law," he said. . . .
He said the police should be the force responsible for making sure that the rules and regulations were followed. Minister for Health Solomone Naivalu said the this law has been in existence since 1999.
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