During the Malaysia Cleanup Day event at Central Market in Kuala Lumpur on Saturday (Sept 28), Housing and Local Government Minister Nga Kor Ming challenged Malaysians to emulate Japan and Singapore by maintaining cleanliness and making it their own tradition.
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00:00One, two, three, four. One, two, three, four. One, two, three, four.
00:05Ready, go!
00:08Two, one. Please be ready.
00:13Social workers' order is not something foreign.
00:16Social workers' order has been advertised by many developed countries,
00:20including Sweden, Norway, and Singapore.
00:23For example, Singapore has started the social workers' order system,
00:27Where those who litter, will be fined $2,000 and $4,000, including being called to clean the road.
00:38This has been going on since 1990. Singapore has been doing this for 34 years.
00:45Malaysia has been left behind for more than three decades.
00:48Therefore, we can see that Singapore is clean and Japan is clean.
00:53Why can't Malaysia do it? I am confident that it is under the leadership of the Madani government.
00:57I am confident that the people of Malaysia are not only able to clean, but we are also able to do better than Singapore and Japan.
01:03I want to plant and sow the spirit of Malaysia Boleh to ensure that cleanliness becomes everyone's pride.
01:10Trash is not thrown on the road. It is not thrown into the drain.
01:14Trash goes into the trash bin.
01:17Let me give you an example. A car driver likes to throw trash out of his car and ask other people to pick it up.
01:24This is a very selfish behaviour which must be stopped immediately.
01:28It is not that we don't have a trash bin.
01:30I see it as the Japanese people.
01:32They have trash. If they don't have a trash bin, they bring it home and then throw it away.
01:36Moreover, they make us do it again.
01:38Not only the adults, even the kids, even the low school kids want to throw it away.
01:43In Malaysia, everyone has an education.
01:45The compulsory education is 12 years.
01:47Everyone goes to school. What do they learn in school?
01:50If we can't clean properly, I think the time has come.
01:56This is the time for a new Malaysia.
01:58This is the time for a clean Malaysia.
02:13For more information, visit www.fema.gov.uk