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Water Should Be Free at All Eateries, Health Think Tank Says

today3 July 2026

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Picture this: You just finished a nice meal with some friends at a restaurant you’ve wanted to dine at for a very long time. You ask for the bill, and suddenly you realise you’ve been charged upwards of RM1 for a glass of water. You’re not happy with it, but you pay for it anyway simply because you’ve got no choice.

The Galen Centre for Health and Social Policy, a Kuala Lumpur-based health think tank, believes drinking water at all eateries should be free, which is pretty much in line with their goal of promoting health as a human right, not a privilege.

Free drinking water should be a legal obligation for eateries, they say

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The organisation has called on the government and local authorities to introduce legislation…

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Written by: Danial Martinus


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