But, all seems normal to me..what so special about it?
Maybe the general public weren't even realize it is a special day.
People goes to work with their cars as usual, polluting industry carry on..
SO WHAT?
perhaps it is true wat Dr Lee said,"Too many days la.. earth day la, world environment day la." MinFey even said we should have "White Coffin Day". Then the 'motorolans' will come anc chase us out!
ChernChung, MinFey, ChinYee and me got lost finding our way to a housing estate development area in the south of Penang island. Searched almost 45 minutes. Is it difficult to find the place? Sure is when u catch the wrong information. No big deal, call Charlie's Angel! in this case is LikMeng's Angel (her name really is ANGEL!). With the help of Google.. TADAAA we are there.
There is a small celebration to mark World Environment Day by the land developer. Crowd prescence? 100-150.. Good? they said there will be 500! talk big eh? Dr Lee was invited to speak.. what else? White Coffin lo...zero waste lo...then ultimately choosing a greener life.. Heard that the projector was shitty..have to present only oral and a few flinging packaging!
Still can talk without slides...and sweating!
At the end of the ceremomy, guess what? I had cultural shock. Hey! Should I? They are giving away free plants. Can u imagine the scene? ya..your right... people rushing like mad to the place to collect them..can even see children and their parents racing each other.. how pethatic eh. Cant blame.. it is already rooted in our culture of taking whatever is free.. shamful! wasteful! too much consumption for me. Then after taking the gift..what's next? of course...FREE FOOD! nothing else attracts the crowd most eh.
Then we had the famous beef noodle...Dr Lee checking? what else...what type plastic lo the bottle is..give ChinYee a fright! hehehe
By the way, heard from the radio that Penang government BANNED plastic bags every Monday..Chief Minister Lim said it is the first effort ever in the country to do so and gettin cooperation from major departmental stores..
So what is your comment?
How about other small stalls selling stuffs? No ban? Other days revert to the dirty habit using plastic? Or worse take more plastic as they missed Monday's thrash bag?
Start small? In hope to ripple the effect to other days? What kind of inforcement? Are the people ready? Are they given ample time to switch? Enough information sent to get people really understand?
ill wait and see their next move.
abe
p/s: CM lim already signed the white coffin pledge..check out the pictures.. USM will keep an eye on him. Better mean what he says!
the evidence..looking good there CC.
1 comment:
Hehe finally drilled support from a politician... eyes'll be on him for the 'white coffin' project :p
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