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Jan 242012
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The Penang state government has made a commendable move to launch a green citizens initiative.
It launched a one-month registration drive on Saturday to register Penangites who would have to pledge to adhere to 10 green initiatives:
- work to save water,
- conserve electricity,
- support the anti-smoking initiative,
- reduce plastic bag usage,
- stop open burning,
- stop littering,
- work to reduce one’s carbon footprint,
- cut down the use of polystyren
- help create a caring society and
- observe the 3Rs – Reduce, Recycle, Reuse.
This initiative comes on the heels of the criticism over what is going on in the Botanic Garden.
Some 2,000 Orang Asli have protested today in Putrajaya while 12,000 have signed a memorandum.
It’s all to do with the government’s proposed Orang Asli land policy, which one analyst has decribed as a recipe for planned poverty.
