A ban on playing with fireworks and firecrackers around highrises outside the Outer Ring Road that are clad with flammable materials is to come into effect next year.

Meanwhile, the ban on fireworks and firecrackers within the Outer Ring Road will stay in force, a ban that will extend to all parts of the city on heavily polluted days.

Outside the Outer Ring Road, no fireworks or firecrackers are allowed near government buildings, heritage sites, metro stations, railways, airports, bus stations, ferry terminals, shopping centers, cultural centers, religious sites, hospitals, schools and kindergartens and senior homes as well as energy facility protection zones and compounds where inflammable and explosive materials are produced, sold or stored.