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00:00During the year, we have a lot of cleaning campaigns which is going, you know, that's
00:11clean up the beach campaign, clean up the desert campaign, clear up the borders, the
00:16biggest campaign.
00:17Other than, you know, some campaign goes on, you know, that other private companies want
00:22to share with us, so we organize it with them.
00:25For three years I'm here, before it's Muscat, now here I'm in Dubai, but Dubai is very clean
00:29and businessmen are very active, like the Bombay, but clean is very good, you know,
00:36in city, that like city in the world, Dubai is best city for cleaning.
00:43Some people are showing here, there's no knowledge, what is cleaning, it's not good, no manner,
00:49so they put it here, there, then there, I guess it is very bad thing.
00:53In plastic bag, sometime take the Pepsi, Pepsi drinks, sometime papers put here, sorry,
01:01tissue papers put, throw there anywhere, just like they throw in the people's hair there,
01:07but not put proper place, they don't put the proper place.
01:11People throw any dust or any dirty in anywhere, that is totally wrong.
01:21And for people who are doing like that, they are like, what you call this, exploiting the
01:27environment, then they should use the trash bins and be like more responsible for the
01:34environment as well.
01:35They should put like in the store, just near the store, recycling bin, like for bottles
01:43or for plastic cups, that's the, because mostly here are takeaways.
01:48When you see here, this vendo machines, they are giving like this refreshments, so anywhere
01:55people are very accessible to just take it and then carry it with them, and then if they
01:59don't, if they are finished, and then leave it anywhere.
02:02UAE has a big number of expats, I think they chose this place to be a beautiful place to
02:06live, so why we don't keep it clean?
02:09Expats are really following, for example, especially in metro station, we are really
02:13not eating.
02:14What if we implement it also in streets of Dubai, that we can make more responsible to
02:20not throw, and then they post a bill, that if you throw something, maybe you clean all
02:28the streets of Dubai like that, punishment only, or if they have a choice, you can go
02:35to jail for four months, or if you don't, go for a community service like that.
02:40The rules is called, by now, it's very, you know, everybody knows it because we put in
02:44the newspaper and in the media, and it's about 500 dirham fine, whoever been caught lettering.
02:50Actually, I was new in Dubai, so I have to still learn about this country law, and this
03:02country's system, management.
03:04Lettering means, anything you throw it from the car, or while you're walking, it's considered
03:10a lettering, but mostly it will be like cigarettes, Kleenex, Pepsi cans, anything could be lettering.
03:18Okay.
03:19Spitting also.
03:20See, we have several programs per day to clean the beach.
03:26We are not letting it to be affected by the water, you know, that it should not reach
03:30the water, but instead, you know, usually people go to relax at the beach, some of them
03:35take cigarettes, but we hope, you know, we have all trash bins there for the cigarettes,
03:40they can use the trash bins, you know.
03:42We cannot stop them from smoking, it's a personal habit, you know.
03:46Yeah, actually, yearly we do a survey about everything, how clean is our gardens, I mean,
03:51the parks, how clean is the beaches.
03:54So far, all above 80% positive, so it's good.
03:58Even though GPR is not under our control, GPR is a private beach, but still, we clean
04:04it.
04:06We have our machines daily, they go, they clean up the beach twice a day.
04:10Thanks God with the awareness programs that we have, the problem is not that big, but
04:15still, you know, it's uncivilized behavior, and it's all the image of Dubai, you know,
04:22Dubai is reaching the most modern, clean city of the world, so the image doesn't look nice
04:28for people just lettering in anywhere of the city, you know.
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