The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 58, No. 149, Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 1, 1980 Page: 3 of 18
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THE BAYTOWN SUN
Tuesday, April 1, 1980
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SINGAPORE (AP) - A
12-year war against litter-
ing has turned Singapore
into a municipal Mr. Clean,
but there seem to be
lightens the pocketbook by
Competitions were
organized to select the
cleanest factory. Cash
prizes and commendations'
were awarded the most
beautiful filling stations.
Schools held poster con-
tests. Newspapers gave
prominent play to clean-up
stories, educational films
were screened on TV and
spot radio announcements
broadcast regularly.
Bumper stickers and
billboards, placards and
posters pushed the
message.
Officials described the
opening broadside as suc-
cessful, but not enough to
break the unclean habits of
generations. The carrots
were supplemented with
sticks in the form of new
legislation such as the en-.
vironmental health bill, a:
quarantine law and the
fines.
The 228-square-mile
country was divided into
districts and smaller sec-
tors for closer supervision
by the environmental
health department. The
fleet of refuse trucks and
mechanical streetsweepers
was expanded. Trasb is
now collected from each
household' seven days a
week.
Main streets, traffic
circles and parks are vir-
tually spotless. The 5,500 lit-
terbaskets seem to be
everywhere. So do signs in
four languages warning of
the fine.
When the government felt
it was winning the fight
against germs, garbage
and pollution, officials said,
attention was switched to
beautification. Parks and
public gardens were ex-
panded and municipal
grounds landscaped. In-
dividual citizens were urg-
ed tcu grow decorative
plants'-while the edges of
streets, road dividers and
traffic circles were turned
into flower beds.”
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The Keep-Singapore-
Clean drive that got under
way in 1968 has produced
sparkling results. What was
once one of the filthiest
cities in Asia has been
scrubbed, trimmed,
painted, landscaped,
decorated, beautified and
made almost litter-free.
The change seems
dramatic to visitors who
remember the old sights
and smells. Generations of
Singaporeans got rid of
7 DAYS
A WEEK!
litterbugs caught than ever.
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paradox was
in record 1979
penalties imposed by local
courts. About 10,000 people
were fined almost $223,256
for littering last year.
In 1978 more than 8,700
litterbugs were prosecuted,
compared with 5,727 in the
year before.
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LESLIE SUZANNE AND KRISTIE
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Officials had no explana- . ... ,. .
tion for the apparent tfrJh?lr r“bblsh b? dumping it
crease in littering. One said mto stre®ts> the harbor or
it could be due in part to in- V3^"1 o° s' .
creased enforcement in Th,f growing Potion
parks and other recrea- 7 ‘ts "ow 2'3, mil,ion ~
tional areas where some Producedever-larger piles
1,000 people were caught in J garbag? fd ^unk In'
the act last year. A d,“.™11»t?trash dlsP°sal
crackdown on mobile litter- !!n*j ‘"du^rial Pollution ad-
bugs nabbed about 800 for to1 h.e ™ess and a
tossing things from moving ffiCai„5ate provld®d
vehicles idecii conditions for th.e
r . breeding of disease-
First offenders^ may be carrying insects and
fined as much as $233. A se- bacteria
cond offense maximum fine] Prime Minister Lee Kuan
Yew’sj'ovqrnment gave top
'priority to the sprucing-up
[of this Chicago-size island
‘republic. A carrot-and-stick
campaign supervised by
the health ministry was
; launched in 1968.
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Brown, Leon. The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 58, No. 149, Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 1, 1980, newspaper, April 1, 1980; Baytown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1145481/m1/3/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.