Singapore no longer a clean city, says regular visitor

last SG · 2012-01-06T13:07:37+00:00

you can have one army of sweepers, but as long as the people keep putting rubbish at the wrong plases, rubbish can just appear at places you think it won;t b...

Clivebenss SG

Jan 6, 2012 - ST Forum

I HAVE been visiting Singapore for over 10 years and in the past two years I have noticed a steady decline in the state of cleanliness of the environment.

I used to sing the praises of Singapore as a modern and clean country. However, the amount of rubbish littering housing blocks and common areas makes such claims dishonest.

While jogging around Chinese Garden, I found piles of discarded plastic bags, bottles and other rubbish strewn by the lake side, within sight of rubbish bins.

Every morning, I go to the bottom of my tower block and find fresh piles of trash.

This problem needs to be tackled at source: The proliferation of plastic rubbish is overwhelming and merely printing 'Reduce, Recycle, Re-use' on plastic bags that are given out like confetti will do nothing to reduce consumption.

A plastic bag has an average use life of 20 minutes but persists in the environment for hundreds of years. A system of charging for bags should be introduced. As a small city state, Singapore is in a position to enact a rigorous and efficient waste reduction and recycling programme to regain its reputation as a clean city.

Simon Grange

dragg SG

the cleaners probably cant cope with the extra rubbish generated by the extra 2 million odd foreigners.

the Bear SG

foreigners are not the only people littering..

i've seen parents commanding their children to leave their garbage on the floor, and throw it around...

these are the next generation of litterbugs

dragg SG

foreigners are not the only people littering..

i've seen parents commanding their children to leave their garbage on the floor, and throw it around...

these are the next generation of litterbugs

i mean our usual cleaners can cope with locals litterbugs. but not cant cope anymore coz we added 2 million more.

the Bear SG

i mean our usual cleaners can cope with locals litterbugs. but not cant cope anymore coz we added 2 million more.

actually, a change in attitude and upbringing will change the littering situation...

you don't see so much litter in super-crowded places like Tokyo..

and if the locals do not litter, the foreigners will follow suit..

Clivebenss SG

actually, a change in attitude and upbringing will change the littering situation...

you don't see so much litter in super-crowded places like Tokyo..

and if the locals do not litter, the foreigners will follow suit..

actually Sg have more foreigners than locals at any one time (inclusive of visitors to Sg).

so who follow who?

the Bear SG

actually Sg have more foreigners than locals at any one time (inclusive of visitors to Sg).

so who follow who?

true true..

but then, a correct set of values would tell you to do the right thing even when others are not...

Clivebenss SG

true true..

but then, a correct set of values would tell you to do the right thing even when others are not...

so many 3rd world becoming residents here plus unruly tourists no matter how the locals try, it will be futile. Bear in mind we are paying taxes to clean their shits.

the Bear SG

so many 3rd world becoming residents here plus unruly tourists no matter how the locals try, it will be futile. Bear in mind we are paying taxes to clean their shits.

well, we as locals can do the right thing... then we have the moral high ground to tell off the foreigners..

but seems like the locals are trying their hardest to become worse than the worst of the foreigners

Dalforce 1941 SG

I HAVE been visiting Singapore for over 10 years and in the past two years I have noticed a steady decline in the state of cleanliness of the environment.

No choice, more and more aliens. It's not their country, so they don't care. Just litter lor.

dragg SG

values?

do we teach that at school?

the japs teach and make sure everyone practice it from young. their 民族意识 is very strong.

here our govt are only interested in making more money.

we have little or no values to talk about. we have no identity and sense of belonging. in short we have shit!!!

Dalforce 1941 SG

we have little or no values to talk about. we have no identity and sense of belonging. in short we have shit!!!

It is due to the problem of minority over majority. That's why I want to open the issue.

But how come this thread suddenly linked to the issue?

Clivebenss SG

No choice, more and more aliens. It's not their country, so they don't care. Just litter lor.

Even Singaporeans are civic minded, the majority of 3rd world unruly foreigners overwhelmed. It's going to be a slippery road downhill.

the Bear SG

values?

do we teach that at school?

the japs teach and make sure everyone practice it from young. their 民族意识 is very strong.

here our govt are only interested in making more money.

we have little or no values to talk about. we have no identity and sense of belonging. in short we have shit!!!

you DO NOT teach values at school

what the hell?

parents are there for f**k??

sheesh!!

elindra SG

The sad thing is that I have seen little kids tell their parents that it is wrong to leave the litter behind and the parents still have the cheek to tell the kids it's ok, someone will clean up after them -_-"

It's ppl like these that make me sick

Clivebenss SG

It's ppl like these that make me sick

might be FTs.

they even shit in public pools.

the Bear SG

here's an observation from a long time ago...

there was a SAF family day at the chinese garden... being SAF family day, you will not find any foreigners there.. and also it was at a time when there weren't so many foreigners here yet...

i went past there before the family day.. the place was nice although everyone knew the chinese garden was going to be renovated after the family day...

then on the day itself, the chinese garden was packed.. really packed...

after the family day festivities were over, i passed the place.. and saw the whole place literally COVERED in trash... you almost could not see the grass, the lawns.. the whole place was full of plastic bags, wrappers, bottles, miscellaneous litter..

no.. you can't place all the blame on the foreigners when local people are horrific litterbugs..

who cannot seem to be able to teach values to their children since they have none themselves...

personal responsibility is sorely lacking in people these days.. and this is one of the results...

elindra SG

might be FTs.

they even shit in public pools.

I wish I can say is FT but those I saw are 100% Singaporeans -_-"

sbst275 SG

ownself people did it blame others..

and others will follow just wat the locals do.. thinking it as a norm

dragg SG

i better clarify.

my initial comment werent intended to blame it on the FTs and absolve locals.

i only meant to say our current cleaners can cope with local litterbugs but cant cope anymore with 2 million more foreign litterbugs joining us.

i.e. both locals and foreigners are equally to blame.