She addressed questions posed by a number of Parliamentarians, including Mr. Tan Wu Meng ( PAP-Jurong ) and Ms. Foo Mee Har ( PAP-West Coast ), about how the ministry is utilizing the most recent technologies as well as the effective enforcement measures.
Ms. Yeo Wan Ling ( PAP-Pasir Ris Punggol ) responded to a supplementary question by saying that the current assessment calls for some” challenges” in the use of drones.
This includes robots ‘ battery life, health risks, and privacy concerns.
In response to a , secondary issue from Mr. Tan, she responded,” The critical stage really is that the use of security cameras and various technologies really only to strengthen all the efforts we have put in to combat high-rise littering,” she said.
” I don’t believe we can only rely on technology to do this,” he said. It is really important to change behavior, cultivate more courteous behavior, and take collective role in tackling high-rise trash issues, and keep Singapore clean and safe. We need to work together with the community.
“SIGNIFICANT” DROP IN FEEDBACK
Dr Kho noted that there has been a” significant” drop in the average amount of high-rise littering feedback in 2022 and 2023 ( about 27, 100 ) as compared to 2020 and 2021 ( about 33, 500 ).
” When there is such opinions at a strip of HDB flats, the city council will work with the town council to primary issue recommendations to people in the block,” she said.
” NEA will check if the high-rise littering issue persists, find the likely upsetting unit, and set up surveillance cameras with video analytics to document high-rise littering incidents and coordinate enforcement efforts.”
Between 2021 and 2023, NEA deployed devices in about 97.1 per share of 7, 400 frequent high-rise littering situations.
The rest were found to be inappropriate due to the stones ‘ architecture and design and the lack of suitable view factors, she continued.