Let’s not have a free-for-all country
On August 3, at about noon I was waiting for someone near the Millennium chapel, in Paceville and a young girl of about 16/17 tried to enter the supermarket in the vicinity. The girl at the cash did not allow her in as she was wearing a flesh-colour...
On August 3, at about noon I was waiting for someone near the Millennium chapel, in Paceville and a young girl of about 16/17 tried to enter the supermarket in the vicinity. The girl at the cash did not allow her in as she was wearing a flesh-colour brief bikini. At first glance, passers-by got the impression that the girl was not wearing anything at all.
Incidentally, just before the entrance of the supermarket there are notices in some five different languages saying that customers should be decently dressed. I could not resist telling her (in English, as I was not aware of her nationality) that roaming about the streets in beach attire was not allowed in our country. Whether she understood or not I do not know but she left immediately.
Much is being written in the papers about the unruly behaviour of certain foreign students, especially in the Paceville area. Residents are continuously complaining that they cannot get a good night’s sleep because of their rowdiness.
It seems that these students think that because they paid to come to Malta, they can do whatever they like; that they are above the law.
I do realise and understand that the police cannot be in every nook and cranny of our island to check out who is breaking the law. But, from what I read, a police patrol is a rare sight and (hopefully, I am wrong) they only appear when an accident happens.
On the morning in question, however, I noticed two wardens roaming the area obviously trying to book some wrongly parked car. In the absence of police, why don’t the wardens be given instructions to help out too if and when the need arises?
I sometimes wonder what kind of instructions these youngsters are given before they set foot in our island. I sincerely hope we do not give them the impression that we accept everything so long as they come in hundreds and pay. Speak to residents of the areas in question and they tell you that the law of the jungle is the order of the day and if they happen to check unruly behaviour their property will suffer the following day.
It’s about time we do not look at this kind of tourism as being the ideal.