Calvin came across this sight when he was at the Ang Mo Kio MRT station, and he was appalled to see this Message Box meant for the Yellow Ribbon Project being reduced to a rubbish bin. There were receipts and even used EZ-link cards thrown into the collection box.
Calvin had been waiting for a friend, and had spotted a teenager walk up to the transparent box, look up at the message on the board, and drop something in. Calvin then went closer to take a look and saw all the rubbish covering the messages of hope which were meant for reformed ex-convicts.
Being a supporter of the campaign, he says, in his email to STOMP:
"Even though you might not want to contribute to the Yellow Ribbon, you don't have to trample over it by treating its contribution box as a dustbin.
The Yellow Ribbon was created for ex-offenders, people who have paid for their crimes. If a ex-offender should walk past and seen the contribution box being treated as a dustbin, how would he/she feel?"
Just talk lah
What kind of person would use the Yellow Ribbon box as a rubbish bin?
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