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Jul 11, 2010
Using shame to tame littering
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Litterbugs serve their corrective work orders (CWO) at Serangoon Garden, just outside Chomp Chomp Food Centre. -- ST PHOTO: BENJAMIN NG
<!-- story content : start --> HIGH-RISE litterbugs, beware. If you're caught, your photo could appear on your block's noticeboard or in the town council's newsletter. The idea is part of a pilot project launched on Sunday to curb high-rise littering in Sembawang GRC which will get grassroots leaders to monitor littering and rope in residents to look out for such culprits.
The collaborative effort is being undertaken by the National Environment Agency's North West Regional Office, the Sembawang Town Council and grassroots organisations there. If it proves successful, NEA will work with other grassroots organisations and town councils to do the same elsewhere.
Admiralty is the first ward in Sembawang GRC to roll out the neighbourhood watch-style project. Other wards in the GRC will join by the year end. Parliamentary Secretary (National Development) and adviser to Admiralty grassroots organisations Mohamad Maliki Osman said the support of the community was needed to send a strong message to litterbugs that what they are doing will not be tolerated.
Read the full report in Monday's edition of The Straits Times.
