New alcohol laws here
due to take effect April 1 making it illegal to drink in public places from 10
30 pm – 7 am; takeaway sales likewise banned during the period. Second Minister
for Home Affairs detailing the seriousness of the problem of alcohol: over the
last three years one rioting incident and two cases of serious hurt involving
liquor on average each week. City of 5.1m. Would the per capita rate be ten or
twenty times higher in Melbourne, Sydney and London? (The large scale riot of
foreign workers here a year ago the chief prompt of course.) Singapore not
doing things by halves either: associated police powers might raise an eyebrow
— the right to make suspicious persons remove their clothing in order to check
for hidden containers.
Straits Times, p. 1 Sat. 31 Jan 2015
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