Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Are flyers like chewing gum? (should they be banned?)
Don’t you think that flyers are like chewing gums? Chewing gums in the past are found to be sticking everywhere such as MRT seats, tables and etc. Flyers, instead of sticking everywhere, it flies everywhere such as we see flyers everywhere at HDB flats, letter boxes and people giving it out at shopping malls.. Both are also litters and are not environmentally friendly. Now, chewing gums are banned, should flyers be banned as well?
I think that flyers should not be banned as it is the cheapest and one of the ways for small business to promote their product and services. Flyers are even better when businesses are tight on budget. If flyers are really banned, the unemployment rate will increase as flyers distributors will lose their jobs since most people who are not so well educated are employed to give out flyers. It will also cause business to suffer as flyers are a kind of free way to promote and without flyers, they have to spend a lot of money to advertise through advertisement which can cost millions of dollars.
However, I think that people who receive the flyers, should not throw them everywhere on the floor. If they really want to dispose it, they should throw it properly into a bin. Flyers distributors should also not paste the flyers anywhere in the lifts and walls etc, but instead, flyers should be pasted properly on notice boards.
-liangping
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