For months, residents of 206D Compassvale Lane in Sengkang had to live with heavy and sharp glass bottles, half-eaten food, and sometimes even sanitary pads raining down on them. Worried that this inconsiderate and dangerous act of littering would one day seriously injure or even kill someone, residents have been complaining to the town council since three months ago though they did not know where exactly the culprit was living.
With this missing information, the town council could only send members and volunteers to each unit of the HDB block to warn them of the dangers of killer litter. When they reached the last flat on the top level, which was the culprit's house, it was found to be locked. The volunteers who did not know it was her residence, left upon seeing it was locked.
Last Saturday, the resident's worst fears finally came to pass. A two-day wedding was being held at the foot of the block.
A wedding guest who was standing at the foot of the block, was struck on the head by a flowerpot. Mr Kasman Samat, 48, suffered from sever fracture to his head, and injures to his face.
Several other guests, including a four-year-old girl had close shaves with fatal injuries. They were almost injured by a heavy glass chili bottle and a another flowerpot.
It was indeed very inconsiderate and irresponsible of the woman to litter bulky and heavy object from her floor. Whether it was deliberately planned, or just mere dumping of unwanted items, this selfish acts proves a extremely dangerous threat to the people.
I feel that this is not a alienated case on its own. When tackling this problem of killer litter, the government should not just solely find solutions to solve the problem of killer litter. I feel everything that has been going on ( killer litter is just one of the many cases ), is associated with the basic core selfish nature of humans, if not, Singaporeans.
Just as the chinese saying goes, "对症下药 ”，the government should solve the basic problem of selfishness amongst Singaporeans, and with it, many other problems caused by selfishness would be solved ( including killer litter ).
Maybe the fact that people are just taking care of their personal needs shows the lack of unity amongst Singaporeans, which explains the public lack of concern for everyone's "common interest and benefit".
The town council should plan more residents-bonding events like ice-breakers etc. to unite and bond the residents so a spirit of 守望相助 would be developed.
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