Making litterbugs clean up own mess


Ipoh council workers are constantly cleaning up to make Ipoh a clean city but littering and illegal dumping make it difficult for them to achieve this vision. — Filepic

COMMUNITY service as a form of punishment for litterbugs has received the thumbs up from Ipoh folk.

Last month, Housing and Local Government Minister Nga Kor Ming said the ministry was looking at amending the Local Government Act 1976 (Act 171) to provide stiffer punishment, as current fines seem ineffective to prevent littering.

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