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 Why we will continue to be a Third World country.

We were heading towards developed nation status when the politicians realised that there is money to be earned in public office.

This attractive persuasion for public office started a few years ago when the Government decided to privatise Government assets and GLC’s were born. 

The GLC’s do  not do their designated work but pass it on to contractors who in turn pass it down to subcontractors and contract labor.  They started with good intentions. Contracting out would reduce headcount. This did not happen as there is no such thing as termination of employment where civil servants are concerned. Recruitment to replace workers who have retired have continued unabated,        

About six years ago Alam Flora spent  millions of ringgit on purchasing of bins and distributed them free to households. 

We were even given a slip containing some computerised numbers to be stuck on to our letter boxes so that Alam Flora contractors can identify the weight of our household waste and process claims by garbage contractors. Alarm Flora contractors never managed  to obtain lorries that can lift the bins; and to this day the collection of refuse is done by Bangladeshi workers employed by the  contractors to Alam Flora. The computerised identification number remains stuck to our letter boxes.

I gather the Federal Territory Ministry, Alam Flora nor their contractors /subcontractors and their foreign labour force have no clue on how to make the waste separation system work. For example households separate their waste into 3 different packages with identical colored plastic bags and dump them into the bins provided by Alam Flora. The waste collector empties the bin and tosses the 3 packages onto the lorry. When is the scrutiny to be done to ensure waste has been separated? For a while Alam Flora advised households to have separate packaging of recyclable refuse/garbage and place them beside the garbage bins. It worked for a while until there were changes to garbage workers and or subcontractors who were not aware of this arrangement. Now it s back to square on where all trashed is dumped into the single bin.

I believe the FT Ministry & Alam Flora are not serious about the separation of wastes and only make threats to give the impression that they are doing their jobs. Either the two agencies come up with a color scheme whereby separation of wastes can be done by households and the waste collectors can identify the offenders or Alam Flora requires households to have different colored bins to enable separation of wastes. 

Now the local councils are talking of separation of wastes.


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  1. sriJanuary 12, 2022 at 8:37 AM

    I agree Appa. I too have 3 separate bins in my home to separate rubbish. We also received the free bin plus a box to keep recyclables out. That box got stolen the first time I left recyclables out in it. And then I realised during the various lock downs last year that the collection guys only have one truck (and one compartment to throw them. We have given up too. Sustainability in carrying out long term projects seems a goal no one in government wants to strive for.

    Malaysia truly boleh.

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