Penalised for littering, but no rubbish bins in sight
<table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr></tr> <tr> </tr> <!-- headline one : end --> <!-- show image if available --> </tbody></table> <!-- START OF : div id="storytext"--> <!-- more than 4 paragraphs --> I WAS at Woodlands Civic Centre on Oct 2. While waiting for my daughter to finish her tuition, I went for a smoke break at the entrance facing the HDB flats.
My attempt to locate a bin nearby was in vain. While I acknowledge that I have to pay the price for littering, I was perturbed by the answer from the National Environment Agency (NEA) issuing officers when I told them there were no rubbish bins in sight. They told me the building management refused to place rubbish bins, even though NEA had advised it to do so on numerous occasions. Yet it was the building management that complained and asked NEA to send officers to penalise those who litter there.
Should the town council place the bins rather than the building owner? Can't the town council and NEA do something rather than just go along with the building management?
Smokers must abide by the law and not smoke within 5m of the building entrance. But in this case, the building management chases smokers 500m away with its intentional act.
Lee Kok Seng
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<table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr></tr> <tr> </tr> <!-- headline one : end --> <!-- show image if available --> </tbody></table> <!-- START OF : div id="storytext"--> <!-- more than 4 paragraphs --> I WAS at Woodlands Civic Centre on Oct 2. While waiting for my daughter to finish her tuition, I went for a smoke break at the entrance facing the HDB flats.
My attempt to locate a bin nearby was in vain. While I acknowledge that I have to pay the price for littering, I was perturbed by the answer from the National Environment Agency (NEA) issuing officers when I told them there were no rubbish bins in sight. They told me the building management refused to place rubbish bins, even though NEA had advised it to do so on numerous occasions. Yet it was the building management that complained and asked NEA to send officers to penalise those who litter there.
Should the town council place the bins rather than the building owner? Can't the town council and NEA do something rather than just go along with the building management?
Smokers must abide by the law and not smoke within 5m of the building entrance. But in this case, the building management chases smokers 500m away with its intentional act.
Lee Kok Seng
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