Singapore will impose an alcohol ban in the area where the Hindu religious festival Thaipusam is to be celebrated on Friday, police said.
The ban would be in force from 6 pm tomorrow to 6 am local time till next Monday in the Little India precinct, where weekend alcohol ban is imposed during weekends following the December 8 riot involving some 400 migrant workers from South Asia.
K Shekaran, chairman of Sri Srinivasa Perumal Temple, said, "We have informed all devotees through guidelines that consumption of alcohol and smoking is not permitted within the processions route." Full story
