KOTA KINABALU: It is not easy to ask companies that are selling alcohol to establish rehabilitation centres for alcoholics.
“Proposing is easy, but the actual implementation is not that easy,” Community Development and Consumer Affairs minister, Datuk Jainab Ahmad Ayid told The Borneo Post yesterday.
She said it would be better to concentrate on efforts to prevent rather than cure.
“Members of the community, including parents need to play a part to teach their young of the dangers that drinking alcohol posed…eventually, they may become alcoholics,” she said.
At the same time, she also commented on the need to install good quality close circuit television cameras (CCTVs) around the city to deter untoward activities and crime.
“It is a good idea…as a developing nation, it would be good to install quality CCTVs, although I don’t think it will reduce the incidences of crime in its entirety,” she said.
She added that members of the community must still play their part — by not going to dark places, or walking alone in the dark. Parents too must look after their kids and ensure their young knows that danger lurks everywhere and they need to practise care.
“Even if there is CCTV, we should not put ourselves in danger unnecessarily,” she said.