So, yeah. The newspaper collection is this Sat, the day after our exams. Can't slack o.o.o.o.o.o.o.o. Newspaper collection is kind of retarded. Really. By collection newspaper, we are:

1. Depriving the residents the chance to get money from their old newspapers. The Karang-guni men will pay the residents money for their old newspaper, while we don't. This isn't fair to them, is it?

2. Affecting the Karang-guni men's business. Would you like it if someone suddenly took away all the stuff you are supposed to collect? They get money for collecting the newspaper. If we collect the newspaper, won't we be 'stealing' their livelihood and the chance to earn money?

3. The newsapaper are going to be recycled in the end, so it does'nt really matter who collects it. So why not let the karand-guni men and the residents earn money while they are at it. It's a win-win situation, they get money, we don't have to participate in the activity.


If we want to help the community, there are other things we can do other than collecting old newsapapers. We can collect old plastic stuff, since those are often thrown away and burnt, pollicting the environment. We can also take part in flag day and raise money for organisations. So why the must we collect newspapers? It doesn't make sense.

Can some IC of the event tell us why we are doing this?

Joel