Letters to the Editor, July 13, 2013
I congratulate Michael Chugani for his insightful observations in his column Public Eye ("Council's stance is simply garbage", June 26). Finally, we have someone telling it like it is.
Unfortunately, we are already drowning in rubbish in Luen Wo Hui near Fanling.
Household rubbish is disposed of at and around street bins or simply cast into the gutters. The stacks of household waste attract scavengers who sort and spread it.
Without our heroic street cleaners, who are shielding residents from the reality of the looming crisis, the Nimbys would finally see the situation for what it is - dire.
Chugani is quite right when he suggests that the crisis is the only thing that will jolt Hong Kong people out of their blinkered state of denial.
Just how deep-seated this blind indifference towards rubbish has become is aptly displayed by young people who blithely litter their basketball courts, football pitches and schools. A change in thinking or a call to action is certainly not going to come from this quarter.