Dirty beaches due to oversight - My arse

The local newspaper carried the story below from my hometown of Penang with the headline "Dirty beaches due to oversight":-

A communication slip-up resulted in beaches along the Batu Ferringhi tourist belt not being cleaned during the recent festive break.

Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng said the contractor Pen Mutiara Fishermen Association – appointed to assist the Penang Municipal Council to carry out beach clean-up – stopped work two months ago when it was not informed that its contract had been extended by six months.

Spot the difference: A combo picture showing a section of the the Batu Feringghi beach before and after the clean-up.


“Its contract had ended in October but when the state government made the decision to extend it until April, it was not relayed to the association.

“I have since intervened in the matter following complaints from tourists. All litter have since been cleared up by the association and the council,” he said after attending a dialogue with Gat Lebuh Nordin public housing residents here yesterday.

While the cleaning of the beaches may be due to an oversight and miscommunication, the dirty beaches is not due to an oversight.

The dirty beaches are due to people throwing their junk on the beach, in the picture alone you can see milk cartoon, plastic bags and plastic bottles.

This is not natural waste or industrial waste coming from the oceans, this is things that bloody idiot negligent people leave behind when the go to the beaches.

For me, it is clear that dirty beaches are caused by us, humans, the ignorant arrogant and idiots who cannot throw their trash in the right place.

Take care and be well.