Xiangshan Covered Court Littered; District Chief Criticizes City's Inefficient Response

A newly opened covered sports court in Hsinchu City's Xiangshan district has quickly become a source of frustration for residents due to a pervasive trash problem. Local chief Cai Jian-zhi criticized the city government's management approach, describing it as an inefficient "you throw, I pick up" game that fails to address the root cause of the litter.

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The city government is playing a "you throw, I pick up"愚民 game, refusing to install trash bins for management and maintenance.

Cai Jian-zhi stated that he has been receiving daily complaints from residents about the garbage accumulating at the Xiangshan Covered Sports Court, which opened just a month ago on May 14. He has repeatedly suggested installing trash bins in strategic locations to encourage proper disposal and keep the area clean. However, these suggestions have been ignored by the city government's education department.

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The education department's "genius policy" is not to solve the fundamental problem, but to refuse to add trash cans and claim to "add manpower, divide into two shifts" for environmental cleaning.

Instead of installing bins, the education department proposed "adding manpower and implementing a two-shift system" for cleaning. Cai Jian-zhi questioned the long-term cost-effectiveness of this approach compared to installing a few bins, arguing that it wastes taxpayer money and encourages littering by making cleaning staff the primary responders. He emphasized that Xiangshan residents deserve a clean and convenient sports space, not a facility that requires constant cleanup of improperly discarded waste.

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Is it not a waste of taxpayers' hard-earned money when the long-term cost of adding two shifts of manpower is more expensive than setting up a few trash cans?