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28-10-2013, 06:20 PM
An honorable member of the Coffee Shop Has Just Posted the Following:
ORDINARY Singaporeans may be given the power to issue a fine to anyone they catch dropping rubbish, under a plan to get the community more involved in the nation's fight against littering.
The Government is looking at creating an anti-litter volunteer corps from as early as next year.
Environment and Water Resources Minister Vivian Balakrishnan said his department could enlist and train members of the public and give them the same warrant cards as enforcement officers from the National Environment Agency.
This means they would have the power to issue fines to offenders on the spot.
Dr Balakrishnan said the proposal aims to remind everyone to take ownership of the environment. "The real objective of raising a call for volunteers is this sense of empowerment and sense of stakeholding. It's not just about having more people to issue more tickets. That's an almost trivial exercise."
The proposed volunteer corps will be "in terms of hundreds or more", he added at a community event yesterday.
The ministry will spend the next three to six months canvassing public feedback on the proposal.
SO, FOR ALL THE MILLI0NS SPENT IN THE PAST, WE NOW HAVE TO RESOLVE TO VOLUNTEER CORPS?
WHAT THE GOVT SHOULD DO IS TO UNDERSTAND THE WHYS AND THE WHEREFORES THAT THERE IS STILL LITERING AFTER ALL THESE YEARS.
EXPLORE THE REASONS FOR THE PERSISTENCE IF NOT WORSENING LITTERING PROBLEMS.
AND AFTER SIX MONTHS OF YET ANOTHER WAYANG PUBLIC CONSULTATION, THE PROPOSALS WILL GO THROUGH.
Click here to view the whole thread at www.sammyboy.com (http://www.singsupplies.com/showthread.php?167165-Anti-littering-campaigns-failed-VB-wants-volunteer-corps-to-catch-you&goto=newpost).
ORDINARY Singaporeans may be given the power to issue a fine to anyone they catch dropping rubbish, under a plan to get the community more involved in the nation's fight against littering.
The Government is looking at creating an anti-litter volunteer corps from as early as next year.
Environment and Water Resources Minister Vivian Balakrishnan said his department could enlist and train members of the public and give them the same warrant cards as enforcement officers from the National Environment Agency.
This means they would have the power to issue fines to offenders on the spot.
Dr Balakrishnan said the proposal aims to remind everyone to take ownership of the environment. "The real objective of raising a call for volunteers is this sense of empowerment and sense of stakeholding. It's not just about having more people to issue more tickets. That's an almost trivial exercise."
The proposed volunteer corps will be "in terms of hundreds or more", he added at a community event yesterday.
The ministry will spend the next three to six months canvassing public feedback on the proposal.
SO, FOR ALL THE MILLI0NS SPENT IN THE PAST, WE NOW HAVE TO RESOLVE TO VOLUNTEER CORPS?
WHAT THE GOVT SHOULD DO IS TO UNDERSTAND THE WHYS AND THE WHEREFORES THAT THERE IS STILL LITERING AFTER ALL THESE YEARS.
EXPLORE THE REASONS FOR THE PERSISTENCE IF NOT WORSENING LITTERING PROBLEMS.
AND AFTER SIX MONTHS OF YET ANOTHER WAYANG PUBLIC CONSULTATION, THE PROPOSALS WILL GO THROUGH.
Click here to view the whole thread at www.sammyboy.com (http://www.singsupplies.com/showthread.php?167165-Anti-littering-campaigns-failed-VB-wants-volunteer-corps-to-catch-you&goto=newpost).