Wednesday April 26, 2006
Time to get tough and build the incinerator
I SUPPORT Reader of Shah Alam, “Be firm on rubbish” (The Star, April 25) on ways to manage our waste.
Every now and then we hear of ammonia contaminating our rivers as a result of leachate spillage or seepage. All this will result in a huge disruption to our domestic supply of fresh water.
The way we are managing our waste is primitively third world in nature, whether it is sanitary or unsanitary landfills.
We are living in a new millennium and yet when the Government wanted the state-of-the art incinerator system, droves of so-called “concerned citizens” demonstrated against it.
When our water was contaminated it was the same “concerned citizens” who pointed fingers at the authorities for “allowing this to happen.”
Come on Malaysians, wake up and stop being hypocrites. I remember one of the first English phrases that my teacher taught me at school was: “You can't have your cake and eat it, too.”
It is about time the Government got tough. If an incinerator is necessary, build it.
RIDZUAN JUSOH,
Kuala Lumpur.
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