SINGAPORE, July 12 -- A plaque carrying an anti-smoking message has been installed at the controversial samsui woman mural in Chinatown here, which sparked public debate last year over its depiction of smoking.

CNA reported that Singapore Ministry of Health (MOH) and Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) said the building owner proposed the installation of an "interpretive plaque" and that the mural itself will remain unaltered.

"The artist stresses that the cigarette depiction is not intended to glamorise or promote tobacco use. Smoking has been shown to be extremely harmful to one's health," said the plaque, referring to artist Sean Dunston.

Dunston told CNA the plaque's text was co-written by him and the building's landlord, with edit...