Editing Firecracker (section)

===Singapore===

A partial ban on firecrackers was imposed in March 1970 after a fire killed six people and injured 68.<ref>[http://www.book-soul.com/h.html#1970 Book soul 1970] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061121141538/http://www.book-soul.com/h.html#1970 |date=2006-11-21}}, book-soul.com</ref> This was extended to a total ban in August 1972, after an explosion that killed two people.<ref>[http://www.chingay.org.sg/2006/aboutchingay/index.asp Chingay Past] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060805230119/http://www.chingay.org.sg/2006/aboutchingay/index.asp |date=August 5, 2006}}, chingay.org.sg</ref> and an attack on two police officers attempting to stop a group from letting off firecrackers in February 1972.<ref>{{cite book | author=Akbur M., Peer | title=Policing Singapore in the 19th and 20th centuries | publisher=[[Singapore Police Force]]|year=2002|isbn=981-04-7024-X|page=100}}</ref> Since, in 2003, the [[Government of Singapore|government]] allowed firecrackers to be set off during the festive season, but only by government approved and appointed personnel. As such, private individuals are still prohibited from setting off fireworks and firecrackers. At the Chinese New Year light-up in [[Chinatown, Singapore|Chinatown]], at the stroke of midnight on the first day of the Lunar New Year, firecrackers are set off under controlled conditions by the [[Singapore Tourism Board]]. Other occasions where firecrackers are allowed to be set off are determined by the [[Singapore Tourism Board|tourism board]] or other government organisations. Private sale and importation of fireworks and firecrackers is prohibited.