Menghidupkan kembali Likas Bay by Junkers 109 Today at 3:39 pmhaih...
teringat ka sarita ibu-bapa kita dulu2 tentang bagaimana pantai2 di
sekitar Sabah ni sentiasa biru dan pasirnya putih bagai kapas... Dulu
sebelum kedatangan pilak, globalisasi,plastik, industri dan krita
pantai2 sekitar Sabah begitulah. Adakalanya kita dingar sarita urg
England mengenai Sungai Thames yg terkenal dengan sisa toksik bau busuk
dan pencemaran industri yg sebegitu teruk sehingga digelar 'Sungai
mati' oleh saintis2. Begitu juga khabarnya dengan Sungai Singapura...
namun kerajaan England dan Singapura mengambil inisiatif untuk
menghidupkan kembali Sungai2 ini. Hari ini, sungai2 ini bernafas
kembali... Sungai Thames menjadi kunjungan ikan lumba2, berbagai jenis
ikan, dan juga anjing laut... Sungai Singapura melalui projek
pembersihan sungai yg diketuai Lee Kuan Yew pada 1977 nampaknya berjaya
untuk menghidupkan sungai Singapura sebagai tapak pemancing2..mari kita
lihat sendiri misi2 dan visi kerajaan Singapura demi memastikan ia
berlaku
Singapore River and Kallang Canal Clean up 1977:Awareness and visions: Another vision of the
powerful and dynamic Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew to improve the
aesthetic value of Singapore, this time focusing on cleaning the
rivers.
Policies and measures: Discrete policy measures
were taken to relocate squatter communities away from the riverbank so
that household garbage will no longer be dumped into the river.
Vision of Prime Minister Lee to clean the river and Kallang Basin: On February 27, 1977, at the opening of the Upper Pierce Reservoir, the Prime Minister, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew said in his speech:
"It should be a way of life to keep the water clean. To keep every stream,
culvert and rivulet, free from pollutionin ten years let us have
fishing in the Singapore River and Kallang River. It can be done. "
Initial actions were to relocate people away from the river bank: By
October 1977, plans were put up and actions were taken to clean up the
Singapore River and Kallang Basin. There was massive housing
development and resettlement of squatters, industrial workshops,
backyard trades, industries and farmers. Other measures were relocation
of street hawkers to food centers and phasing out of polluting
activities.
A government committee was formulated to manage the programme: To
keep the rivers clean, a committee comprising various government
ministries was set up to plan, coordinate and implement programmes to
prevent pollution to the rivers.
Today, the clean river is used or recreational purposes: The
cleaning-up of the Singapore River and Kallang Basin took ten years to
complete. Today, the River and Basin are used for recreational
purposes. The price of land around these areas has been enhanced,
adding to economic and social development.
Soalanya
sekrg, mungkin kerajaan patut consider mengambil langkah drastik utk
menghidupkan Likas Bay yg memang 'terkenal dengan sisa pembuangan
sampah yg begitu teruk ( ingat Powerboat race engin powerboat tersumbat
plastik). Segala2 bermula dengan impian, jadi kita tak perlu takut
merealisasikanya, Kalau Sungai Thames dan Sungai Singapura bolih
diselamatkan.. apa kata kita selamatkan Likas Bay sebagai national
project ? Projek2 seperti ini yg lebih berguna daripada mengantar urg
pigi bulan
Junkers 109