Dirt Vigilantes
Poor Response From Residents
Hala Wah Keong
Response to Ipoh Echo’s call on the residents of the city to be ‘dirt vigilantes’ by sending in photographs of dirty spots and information of their locations for publication seem to be poor.
Why is it so? Are the residents willing to live in a dirty environment, rather than to play a part in keeping the city clean?
If this is a case of ‘tidak apa’ attitude, we cannot blame the Ipoh City Council for not doing something about the cleanliness of the city. Certainly, the City Council will not be able to do it alone; it needs the co-operation of everyone.
Remember, Ipoh was once a clean and beautiful city with a pro-active local authority. Can we bring back the image? Do we have the will and determination to do so?
First of all, the City Council needs to get rid of the thousands of illegal rubbish dumps and embark on a beautification plan. Meanwhile, Ipoh Echo will continue with its cleanliness campaign by focusing on dirty spots and locations around the city in each issue.
At the Wah Keong Park, the situation is no different from other locations in the city. Illegal rubbish dumps are everywhere.
Come on Ipohites. Do your bit. This is YOUR city too.
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I would like to comment on Lim Garden which I am familiar with as I stay here, with regards to the rubbish strewn around. Around the year 2008, The Residents Committee of Lim Gardens, fed-up with the household rubbish being thrown and heaped around the road junctions, took to printing leaflets with pictures of heaps of rubbish, requesting the residents to refrain from throwing rubbish as and where they like. For the first 2 weeks after the distribution of the leaflets, the residents were very considerate, cooperative and mindful in heeding to the advice. After that it was back to square one, with the situation getting worst. The MBI is doing a great job in removing the pile of rubbish thrown by the inconsiderate residents. Why can’t the residents be responsible to cart away their own household rubbish by hiring a lorry to do the work. Or dispose it at the Buntong Market dumpster. This would certainly make Lim Gardens a cleaner place to live in.