Channel NewsAsia 4 Nov 07:
SINGAPORE: The National Environment Agency (NEA) and the Marine Parade Town Council are piloting a new project called "Give me a Hi 5" which aims to get residents involved in the green movement.
The campaign, part of the national Clean and Green Singapore programme, aims to remind everyone to bin their litter, practice good hygiene and eradicate dengue.
By the end of October, there were 7,716 reported dengue cases, more than twice the number for the whole of last year.
Though the project starts at Marine Parade, there are bigger plans in store.
"We plan to launch this to other 13 constituencies in the southeast district by April next year," said NEA Environmental Health Department’s Southeast regional office general manager Billy Chew.
This campaign also draws attention to global environmental and climate change with a bid to get Singaporeans to recycle as part of its core messages are the 3Rs - reduce, reuse, recycle.
In 2006, Singaporeans generated more than five million tonnes of waste, half of which were recycled.
By increasing the recycling rate to 60 per cent by 2012, the Semakau Landfill will last for 50 years. - CNA/ac
