Teh Lai Heng (DAP-Komtar) said with the random dumping of rubbish at rivers, drains and public areas, Penang ought to go along with Taiwan’s way where citizens can report litterbugs with videos from dashcams as evidence.
He said the Penang Island City Council could also take a leaf from the Seberang Prai Municipal Council (MPSP) which offered RM100 to anyone who reported litterbugs with proof.
MPSP had started the RM100 reward campaign in 2013.
“This dashcam idea has been implemented in Taiwan, I believe we can also install dashcams on cars and motorcycles. This can effectively make our city cleaner.
“This will increase the council’s efficiency by roping in the public to capture litterbugs.
“Also, the RM100 reward for capturing those in the act can be a good motivation,” Teh said when debating the motion of thanks to the Yang di-Pertua Negri Tun Abdul Rahman Abbas’ opening address.
Teh also told Penangites to not complain about the shortage of rubbish bins, as countries such as Taiwan and Japan could remain clean with fewer rubbish bins.
In the case of Taipei, he said the capital city had 2,000 rubbish bins on its roads, with each bin serving 1,300 people.
“They are told to separate their waste and keep them until a ‘musical lorry’ comes along.
“The garbage truck plays a special melody and people would come out to dump their waste.
“I am sure we can learn from Taipei and Tokyo as they have very clean neighbourhoods,” Teh said.