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SINGAPORE: It was a "protest" of a different kind by some 700 students from 11 schools in North West CDC.
Armed with placards, their message was about the anti-litter campaign.
Saturday's event was part of the North West CDC's month-long Green Festival which aims to reach out to some 100,000 residents.
Mr Lim Swee Say, who was at the event, noted that the number of litterbugs had jumped from 5,000 in 2005 to 7,000 last year.
And nearly 70 per cent of these litterbugs were less than 30 years old, a worrying trend, he said.
"As Singaporeans become more educated, somehow.....young Singaporeans are still not able to get rid of the bad social habit of littering. We think it's very important that we must continue to reinforce the (anti-litter) message and not wait until we are hit by a crisis like SARS or dengue before we respond. For Singapore to make good progress, not only must we take good care of our economy, our society and community, (what’s) equally important, is to take good care of the environment," said Mr Lim, who is the MP for Holland-Bukit Timah GRC and Minister in the Prime Minister's Office.
The commonly littered items are cigarette butts, tissue paper and plastic wrappers. - CNA/ir
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