Housing and Local Government Minister o­ng Ka Ting said today that his ministry is doing its best in the fight against the dengue epidemic, pointing out that this was not its responsibility alone.

He was commenting o­n statistics released in the Dewan Rakyat last Tuesday by Health Minister Chua Jui Meng ( photo ) that more than 80 percent of confirmed dengue cases over the past three years were reported by local councils, which come under the Housing and Local Government Ministry.

In contrast, Chua had said o­nly 7.4 percent of the cases were reported in areas under his own ministry during the same period. Two years ago, the Health Ministry had taken over related functions of more than 50 local councils that have little or no capacity to control the disease.