Ħal Far open centre residents clean up the area

malcolm seychell

Sep 30th 2009, 20:15

Hallas gahan!!!!.

louise vella

Sep 30th 2009, 14:47

So 8 out of 600 illegal immigrants turn up to clean up their own mess (for money) and this is great news. The head of the government agency speaks with enthusiasm of the adventure, as if he had become the head of a team of street cleaners. The Honourable Minister for Justice and Home Affairs Dr Carmelo Mifsud Bonnici makes a ministerial declaration saying this is a positive step forward. May I recommend the 8 illegal immigrants for Gieh ir-Republika?

D.Portelli

Sep 30th 2009, 14:13

I just returned from Poland.Suppose it is considered not such an advansed country,but they are ten thousand times better than us,Every where cleaned,public transport excellent,The roads everywhere perfect and we are here discussing the illegal immigrants who a are cleaning their area.I can't understand why is this fuss.Simple they have to clean their rubbish that's it.

W Spencer

Sep 30th 2009, 13:52

Its absolutely amazing, the collection of rubbish / recycling items is DAILY ( twice a day in some areas ) and FREE of charge, yet people still choose to throw their rubbish anywhere !!

vania Lamanna

Sep 30th 2009, 11:36

note only 8 came forward....

Yvonne Spiteri Ghio

Sep 30th 2009, 11:08

I quite agree with Mr Kenneth Galea that our island is an eye sore especially places like Marsa, the area near the Power Station and other places that unfortunately tourists do not visit, as if we only clean up the area because of the tourists and not for us Maltese citizens.

Last month the area around the Immigrants centre was cleaned and it was a good gesture. But not only the immigrants dumb their rubbish outside, unfortunately even we Maltese do! If you see Church Wharf street leading to the Marsa Power Station it is a disgrace. Apart from garbage boxes and rubbish left lying along the sides of the road through the years and never picked up by the public cleaning transport which happens to pass once a week, the road is even worse as it is covered with deep potholes making it a hazard for passers by and for all those cars which frequently pass along, trying to avoiding from getting a puncture each time.

Now that the raining season started it is top priority to clear the rubbish to avoid from flooding and to fill these potholes with a layer of tarmac as they should.

Keith Borg

Sep 30th 2009, 10:36

About time these people contribute towards our Island... Better than paying them to lye around in Valletta, Bugibba and other places talking on their mobile phones doing nothing... And in some cases causing trouble or being a nuisance!!!

Such clean-up activities should be organised all over the island on a daily basis!!!

m azzopardi

Sep 30th 2009, 10:28

kenneth ... probably most of the rubbish like bottles etc was thrown there by them or their fellow African friends. We throw our rubbish in bins not outside and then get paid for cleaning it !!!

Kenneth Galea

Sep 30th 2009, 09:56

Probably bloggers are aware of my name on here that I am totally against illegal immigration and that the economic migrants should be deported immediately. But I have to agree in this case that these illegal migrants need to be paid to do the work. This island is well known as an eye sore due to rubbish scattered all over. So yes on this occasion the 'immigrants' are doing us a favour and must be paid to give them an incentive. But I would like that number of them growing and participate in this clean up!

John Betts

Sep 30th 2009, 09:48

"they got paid to clean their rubbish"
Note that the gentleman in the picture seems to be using a weed cutter. I suppose immigrants are responsible for sowing weeds, then? And I wonder where they get safety boots and large bits of transparent plastic packaging to throw away.

m azzopardi

Sep 30th 2009, 09:34

tajjeb ukoll !! they got paid to clean their rubbish instead of getting fined like us Maltese if we had to dump rubbish!!!
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