Current Affairs (Term 1 Wk 8)
Q: Describe how people in your country are doing their part to save the environment.
People in Singapore are surely doing quite a bit to save the environment. Less people litter. Less people waste water. More people switch to public transport, and many others which have own ways of doing their parts.
Why are they doing so ?
Partly, less people litter nowadays as there are more rubbish bins in Singapore. Everywhere we go, rubbish bins can be seen, which makes it a point not to litter. Further more, littering is a offence and if you are caught littering, be prepared to dig deep into your pockets.
As for not wasting electricity and water, many notices have been put up and many people have been educated and told to save electricity and water. Talks are also given to children and the old to tell them the importance of saving electricity and water as it plays a big part in conserving the environment. But, Singapore also does have its other more forceful ways to make people save electricity and water. The cost and bills of using electricity have been going up and people in Singapore are starting to feel the pinch, such that they have no choice, but to conserve as much as they can, which is still considered as saving the environment.
How about switching to public transport ? Public transport is cheaper than taking a private vehicle or taking a taxi. But why is that so ? The taxi fares have been going up. Taking a private vehicle is expensive. Why do i say that ? ERP. Fuel prices. and other factors. ERPs are used to make less congestion on a certain road, but is there another reason other than earning money ? Well, after the increase in fuel prices and the number of ERPs, more Singaporeans are now switching to public transport as it is much cheaper, so the government does think of saving the environment too. Less vehicles, less pollution. The government is also working and building more train tracks and stations and probably even more bus services so as to let us go to more places in singapore have not have to wait for a long time for a bus or train to come. This way, more Singaporeans will switch to public transports and save the environment.
This is what the people in Singapore have done to save the environment.
People in Singapore are surely doing quite a bit to save the environment. Less people litter. Less people waste water. More people switch to public transport, and many others which have own ways of doing their parts.
Why are they doing so ?
Partly, less people litter nowadays as there are more rubbish bins in Singapore. Everywhere we go, rubbish bins can be seen, which makes it a point not to litter. Further more, littering is a offence and if you are caught littering, be prepared to dig deep into your pockets.
As for not wasting electricity and water, many notices have been put up and many people have been educated and told to save electricity and water. Talks are also given to children and the old to tell them the importance of saving electricity and water as it plays a big part in conserving the environment. But, Singapore also does have its other more forceful ways to make people save electricity and water. The cost and bills of using electricity have been going up and people in Singapore are starting to feel the pinch, such that they have no choice, but to conserve as much as they can, which is still considered as saving the environment.
How about switching to public transport ? Public transport is cheaper than taking a private vehicle or taking a taxi. But why is that so ? The taxi fares have been going up. Taking a private vehicle is expensive. Why do i say that ? ERP. Fuel prices. and other factors. ERPs are used to make less congestion on a certain road, but is there another reason other than earning money ? Well, after the increase in fuel prices and the number of ERPs, more Singaporeans are now switching to public transport as it is much cheaper, so the government does think of saving the environment too. Less vehicles, less pollution. The government is also working and building more train tracks and stations and probably even more bus services so as to let us go to more places in singapore have not have to wait for a long time for a bus or train to come. This way, more Singaporeans will switch to public transports and save the environment.
This is what the people in Singapore have done to save the environment.
posted by Mickey at
2/26/2009
3 Comments:
Yeah I agree. it is very important to save the environment as we should protect earth. Well, from what I have known, Singapore fines heavily those who do anything that will cause harm to the environment. However, some inconsiderate people still litter everywhere, thinking it is not their business. Most people think that littering is not a problem, but if everyone litters, the earth will be a very smelly, bad environment for people to live in.
I think it is rubbish that singaporeans are trying to save the environment.Tey are selfish,irresponsible and etc.TheY are only worried about their money becuase they want to save up and buy stuff.Next is only some of them switch to public transport and the others go by another way to avoid erp gnetries.Outside our school is a very good example.People go there and jam the road because there is no erp gentries there.
Good point, lots of singapore still litter, cuz its so hard to be found littering and people are seldom fined.
What can those people do? The ERPs do cost quite a lot actually, my dad went through one gantry, $2. That place is jammed cause people are coming back from work, and if they continue to go through gantries everyday, that will cost a lot. Imagine being $8 poorer a day cause of ERPS, 2 going there, 2 coming back, that would make $240 a month and almost about $2900 a year, thats a lot.
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