Sounds like a good rock song title eh?! That was exactly what are some of the filthy things that are being torpedoed out from some units in block A these days. Imagine lying in yr bed and suddenly a white flash zapping near yr window. Thinking it might be something heavenly sent, you peeped out yr window only to gaze at a used pamper splattered on the pavement below..
The list of rubbish that found their way down similarly includes empty cans, cotton buds, food wrappers, tissues, cigarette butts and so on. Wonder how some people can be so foolish and uncivilised. Come on man! Have some respect to other people la! You duduk kat condo bukan duduk sorang-sorang..!
I will try to snap some photos the next time for all to see and hopefully that will get some sense into these peoples' head!!
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I am not surprised! Being on the ground floor, there were so many things thrown out of the balcony, including a sanitary pad! and of course, ends up in my balcony. Come on people! we are supposed to be educated, we have been taught to be civic minded in school, what happened? Please keep our home clean, throw all rubbish into the dustbin NOT OUT of your BALCONY!
I have all those mentioned by En. Jamal collected in my balcony too, except the tin can (at least I can sell it for some $$$), and there were also 4D tickets coming all the ways (I don't mind if it is a winning one...)
No point snapping the photos of the rubbish, we should find ways to snap/snatch the culprit in action !
To share this piece of news from our neibouring countr. they have faced the same problems. We could adopt their solution if applicable. Basically is a human factor.
SINGAPORE: For two years, her family had to endure the stench of soiled diapers thrown by their neighbours.
Wanting to be known only as Mrs Chen, the 53—year—old housewife told TODAY that she started noticing the soiled diapers outside her master bedroom two years ago.
She said: “I have lived for 15 years in Marsiling and never encountered such a thing.”
The suspected litterbug is a family on the seventh floor that moved in three years ago.
Mrs Chen said: “Every time the lady changes the diapers of her son, she will throw them down. The soiled diapers will drop outside the window of our master bedroom.”
She added: “When we open our windows, the stench is unbearable. Sometimes there will be flies because of the faeces. The littering has worsened.”
Mrs Chen is only one of many Singaporeans troubled by litter bug neighbours.
The National Environment Agency (NEA) saw a 12 per cent increase in the number of complaints on high—rise littering from January to June this year as compared to the same time period last year.
Calling it a "small increase", NEA says that the increase might also be due to repeat callers who call in more than once to complain.
Last year, only eight high—rise litterbugs were caught and fined.
The common items that are thrown are cigarette butts, tissue paper and fruit seeds. More extreme litter would be sanitary pads, wound dressings and bags of urine or faeces.
The method that Town Councils use most to combat the problem of high—rise littering is to distribute flyers and pamphlets to urge residents not to litter.
A spokesman from Bishan—Toa Payoh Town Council told TODAY: “The Town Council will send reminder notices to the residents to refrain from such anti—social behaviour.
"Our approach is to advise and remind them, and this has reduced the high—rise littering cases. Enforcement action is used a last resort.”
At Jurong Town Council, officers also visit households to advise residents on high—rise littering. The Town Council received an average of 11 complaints about high rise littering for the past 3 months.
When faced with stubborn residents, the next step that Town Councils may take is to organise stakeouts where their officers as well as NEA officers wait at the opposite block to catch the offender red—handed.
But such exercises are time—consuming and labour intensive.
Offenders who throw minor litter like cigarette butts and sweet wrappers are fined S$200.
Repeat offenders and those who throw more serious litter like plastic bags and food wrappers are sent to court and may be sentenced to a corrective work order.
Though uncommon because of high costs and the difficulty of finding appropriate places for intsallation, cameras may be used in certain cases of high—rise littering.
32—year—old Mdm Laureen Gan has been bearing with her neighbour’s littering of used sanitary pads for five years now. After multiple complains to her Town Council and NEA, a camera was installed to catch the culprit.
The account manager said: “I live in the corner unit of the 7th floor and the pads fall on the canopy outside my living room window and front window.
“These are used sanitary pads...The Town Council will get people to go into the house and (then) climb out of the window to remove the litter. It is very dangerous...” she said.
The camera installed at the opposite block captured a female figure from the 9th floor littering. But as the face of the litter bug could not be clearly identified, no enforcement actions could be taken.
Education is the “successful solution” to stopping such anti—social behaviour, says Dr Teo Ho Pin, mayor of North West District.
He told TODAY: “Placing cameras may help reduce the problem but it does not solve the root of the problem.”
“The more substantial solution is through school education and public education and intervention. NEA officers can go round and catch offenders. A combination of hard and soft approach will be the best.”
On why there are still more cases of high—rise littering despite education efforts, Dr Teo said: “People are more aware about the problem of high—rise littering and taking ownership by complaining and doing something about it.”
Could the increase in cases have to do with more foreign workers in Singapore?
Dr Teo said: “ It is not fair to blame it on the foreign workers. This problem has been around for very long since we live in high—rise blocks and our experience in Town Councils is that the majority of the culprits are Singaporeans.”
Sociologist Paulin Straughan suggests that education efforts can be increased by focusing on the “important role each of us play in preserving a conducive environment we can be proud of to call home” and in growing “a culture that invokes the notion that caring for our social and physical environment is our business.”
A Hong Kah Town Council spokesperson said the incidence of littering decreases each time the Town Council distributes pamphlets.
Mrs Chen’s neighbour stopped her littering because of this.
However, Mdm Gan is not so lucky. Home visits by the Town Council to residents in the block has failed to stop the litterbug from disposing of her sanitary pads in such a manner.
Mdm Gan is at her wits’ end. “The littering hasn’t stopped but is getting massive,” she said. TODAY/ra
The management has to take actions and check all floors with cam n security guards as so many thefts and also it is too dirty outer walls of the whole building . rubbish including sanitary napkins !!!! ... so scary here ....
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