Cleaner, greener Penang

By Rosalind Chua

July 2010 FEATURE
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Will Penangites finally learn to use the mysterious orange object?
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“It’s not easy being green,” sang Kermit the Frog, it hasn’t been for Penang either, and the state once dubbed the “rubbish bin of the Orient” by a former prime minister has struggled to live down this label. A brand new state government-led initiative was recently launched to restore some much needed civic-mindedness. After decades of public lament and indifference, Penangites are being called out to put some pride back into the state.The Cleaner Greener Penang Initiative is meant to...

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