1. I heard a complaint in Pulau Tuba, Langkawi from Berita Utama TV3 today saying that the local villagers need better waste management to be put in place there. The municipality said that the service of waste collection in not provided to the village because it is out of the municipality operational area. In order for the Municipality to provide such service, the villagers shall be ready to pay for it. In the other hand, the villagers urge the municipality to provide the service since it absence affect directly Langkawi's tourism industry. The media reported that the volume of foreign incomers to the place is decreasing year to year.
2. I beg to differ wheater by providing such service to the village, the whole scenario will be changed dramatically? May be it is but may be it is not. From my humble point of view, the issue is actually another branch of symptom from an unrecognised root problem in which we still fail to take action upon it. The really big Q is what is really the problem here? What is actually need to be changed? Is it the collection mechanism? ... The enforcement? the media? ...or the attitude of villagers?
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3. I think the Malaysian nowadays are too much answering the question of "what the others may provide to the benefit of me" rather than answering the question of "what is my contribution which may lead to the betterment of others including me". In short, it is an attitude problem which we need to concentrate on compared to the problems of the mechanism. By a strong internal attitude of man, then only whatever mechanism in place may be functionalize well. For example, I like the Japanese value of punctuality. It is a common attitude of Japanese to be punctual until be late is nowadays like a myth among them. Also the Singaporean in the sense of cleanliness of road until littering from car is alike a sin commited if you commit it. So why can't the same values be enculcated into our heart? We are the same flesh human being at the end of the day, aren't we?
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4. As for me, this matter should be a combined effort from the authority and the villagers as well. The villagers cannot over relying to the authority too much in doing this effort but the authority in another place, should also think some assistance to make this effort more successful. I always rememeber a Malay proverb saying that 1 finger pointing to other, the rest 4 will be pointing back to you! - It 's not others, but you~
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