Aug 31, 2011 - ST Forum
RAFFLES Place is the heart of Singapore commerce, and yet some
of the streets and alleys leading to the Central Business District
are strewn with litter.
Each time I walk past Circular Road or neighbouring streets
under the shadow of the city's most iconic skyscrapers, I cannot
help but wonder why our environment or health inspectors have
failed to curb the persistent littering there.
Circular Road has become a nightspot with many pubs spilling
over from the Boat Quay area. The littering around these outlets is
a blemish on the nation's reputation for cleanliness.
The morning after, office workers and tourists have to walk
along five-foot-ways littered with liquor bottles, cans, cigarette
butts, tissue paper and leftover food packets.
They often remain that way for much of the working day until the
outlets prepare to reopen their doors in the evening.
That this is taking place in Singapore - which prides itself as
a clean city - is sad. That it has gone on for so long right in the
Central Business District is appalling.
Lai Kwok Kin
