OPINION: Hongkongers, stop bashing mainland over city’s filthy beaches
Walk along any beach in Hong Kong and it is obvious the recent rubbish pile-ups have not all been washed ashore
Images of Hong Kong beaches covered in rubbish have become a common sight on social media.
In a rare statement, the Environmental Protection Department recently said, “We suspect that the floods in mid-June on the mainland might have brought the refuse to the sea and then the refuse is brought to Hong Kong by the southwest monsoon wind and the sea currents.”
Rattan beach mats are left behind with plastic bottles, beer cans and packets of food arranged around spots where people once sat like a murder-scene chalk outline.
Please Hong Kong, stop blaming our mainland neighbours for the lap sap on our beaches and put your rubbish in one of the (many) bins provided.