S'pore gets tough on drink-driving

S'pore gets tough on drink-driving

SINGAPORE (AFP): Singapore has signaled its determination to
curb drink-driving with a binge of fines, license suspensions and
jail terms for motorists found to have had one too many during
the last holiday season.

"During the holidays we do step up enforcement," police
spokesman Lim Chin Tiak said yesterday, a day after 28 motorists
were penalized by a district court for exceeding the legal limit
for blood alcohol levels. All had pleaded guilty.

The crackdown was publicized as the largely Chinese island of
three million prepared for an even more important holiday, the
Lunar New Year in February.