Channel NewsAsia - Friday,
July 27
Bus interchanges
the most littered places in Singapore: survey
SINGAPORE: About 53.7 percent of Singaporeans who were surveyed by
the National Environment Agency (NEA) said littering was not a
serious problem here.
Results of the NEA Littering Behaviour Study, conducted over a
period of six months, were released on Friday at the launch of the
Litter-Free Bus Services Programme at the Ang Mo Kio Bus
Interchange.
The programme, which was launched by Minister of State for
Transport and Finance Lim Hwee Hua, aims to encourage Singaporeans
not to litter.
The NEA study showed that bus interchanges were considered the most
littered public places in Singapore.
Mrs Lim hopes the new programme will remind Singaporeans to take
ownership for the cleanliness of their environment.
She said: "From time to time, we need to raise awareness; we need
to remind people again that it takes everyone's efforts to make
this work and to sustain this on an ongoing basis, because litter
will not just disappear by itself. Litter will have to be carefully
and properly disposed (of)."
- CNA/so