It was really a clean outing

HERE’S an unintended lesson from Bersih 4: Malaysians can be taught to keep clean. After the 34-hour rally, during which thousands flooded the streets of Kuala Lumpur, it was impressive how little trash was left on the roads and sidewalks after the crowds dispersed.

There was, of course, the odd discarded plastic bottle or two. Further away from the rally’s epicentre near Dataran Merdeka, there were small piles of rubbish comprising mainly of empty water bottles.