Sustainable Development There is No Other Choice

By Dato' Dr. Ooi Kee Beng

December 2012 EDITORIAL
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I just returned from Japan, and like every other visitor, I was struck by how clean the place is.To be sure, there are lots of spotless countries and cities around. Singapore is known for its clinical cleanliness, as we know. Hong Kong’s inner city is sparklingly polished. But what is impressive above and beyond the simple lack of litterbugs in Japan – and here I mean mainly Tokyo and Kyoto – is the relative absence of cleaners.What this means is...

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Dato' Dr. Ooi Kee Beng

is the Executive Director of Penang Institute. His latest book is Signals in the Noise: Notes on Penang, Malaysia and the World (Singapore: Faction Press) Homepage: wikibeng.com.

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