Kuala Lampur, Dec. 20 -- I refer to the report "Exco: Pets still not allowed in Selangor shopping malls due to multi-racial sensitivities".

Selangor Local Government and Tourism Committee chairman Datuk Ng Suee Lim has reaffirmed that pets remain prohibited in shopping malls inside the state.

Are there legal provisions to ban pets at shopping malls?

I must say that there is no exact legal provision in Selangor.

But not in the Federal Territories of Kuala Lumpur, Putrajaya and Labuan.

The "exact legal provision" can be found in the Licensing of Trades, Businesses and Industries By-Laws 2016 which came into operation in the three federal territories on September 1, 2016. (PU(A) 229/2016; PU(A) 230/2016 and PU(A) 231/2016)

The by-laws ...