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Saturday, September 6, 2008 Singapore is a clean and green city. Do we credit it to the public, or the cleaners? Ideally, credits should be awarded to both. Unfortunately, this is not the case in reality. Simply take a quick walk down the streets. If you do spot litters along the streets, and the first thought that run through your mind is “Why aren’t the cleaners doing their job?” I’ll beg to differ. If each and every one of us were to act responsibly, we will still be living in a clean environment, with or without cleaners. So how much knowledge do people really have in regards to the cleaners’ job scopes? Do people really feel that they are responsible in keeping environments clean? Or do people really care? I guess the answer is probably no. Litterbugs leave traces whenever they go. Streets, buses, trains, shopping centres and even cinemas contain their traces. Hence, with the presence of increasing litters in Singapore, there exists an urgent need to educate the public on how to keep our environments clean, without relying on cleaners. A simple act of responsibility from each and every one of us will be more than sufficient. Moreover, cleaners are supposed to maintain cleanliness, instead of transforming places filled with litters to clean ones. An attitudinal survey will be necessary to collect information on whether people feel responsible in keeping places clean as well as their attitude towards cleaners. With these information on hand, I guess the process of converting our society from a graceless to a gracious one will be much easier. Ten minutes. That’s all the cleaning brigade has as cinemagoers walk out. We don’t need ten minutes to discard our litters, do we? |
