SINGAPORE: A joint enforcement blitz by the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) and the police was conducted on shopping malls, hotels and public entertainment outlets on Friday night.
Marina Square Shopping Centre was issued three notices of Fire Safety Offence which carried a total fine of up to S$1,500. The shopping centre had fire safety works without approval plans at two levels of its carpark.
The SCDF statement
said Marina Square changed the use of vehicle parking lots and the
vicinity to a storage area which caused the existing fire safety
measures to become inadequate.
In addition, the shopping centre
was issued eight Fire Hazard Abatement Notices which served as a warning
for not observing fire safety measures as some escape routes were
obstructed.
Centrepoint Shopping Centre was issued a fine of up
to S$500 for a Fire Safety Offence for changing the use of carpark area
to a storage area which would cause the existing fire safety measures to
become inadequate. The mall was also issued four Fire Hazard Abatement
Notices for flouting fire safety measures.
Concorde Hotel
received three Fire Hazard Abatement Notices; Top 5 @ Orchard Towers was
issued two such notices; Peyton Place @ Orchard Towers was issued one
and Ipanema @ Orchard Towers received three such notices.
- CNA/ck