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Bill to expand law on emergency exits
http://www.koreaherald.co.kr/NEWKHSITE/data/html_dir/2010/02/13/201002130032.asp

Shooting ranges and massage parlors will be required to have emergency exits, according to the National Emergency Management Agency yesterday.

The revision bill of the indoor business safety management law will be deliberated by the Ministry of Government Legislation and the Cabinet meeting next month and take effect as early as this May, said officials.

The agency's measures followed a fire which broke out in Busan last November, killing 11 people including Japanese tourists.

Indoor shooting ranges, golf ranges and massage parlors are to provide safety facilities such as emergency exits, alarm bells and flashlights, according to the revision bill.

The bill also requires shooting ranges, together with restaurants, entertainment businesses, private institutes and movie theaters, to install sprinklers if they are located underground or do not have windows.

Under the present law, only underground businesses of 150 square meters or more are required to have sprinklers.

The revised law will be applied to new stores or those with new owners or interior designs.

"The Busan shooting range fire stirred up awareness about the safety management of indoor businesses," said an official of the NEMA.

"We have thus included shooting ranges and other popular indoor entertainment facilities in the revision."

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By Bae Hyun-jung