The authorities received a total of 282 complaints during the Lunar New Year period this year, compared with 886 in the same period last year
SINGAPORE: Compared with the same period last year, the number of complaints received by the Municipal Services Office for burning papers during the Lunar New Year has dropped by 70%.
Among them, the authorities received the most complaints during the eighth and ninth days of the Lunar New Year, reaching 112, but this number is lower than the 380 during the same period in the past two years.
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