最近在互聯網上流傳的一些相片，聚焦於一些忽視公共衛生的大陸遊客，記錄了他們身邊的孩子在香港隨地大小便的實况。這些劣行當然會損害中國人之形象，非正視不可。但從香港實際情況來考慮，不難理解中國遊客為何會放任自己的孩子幹出這些行為。
香港寸金尺土，鬧市地區的地價尤其驚人。由於土地供不應求，公廁一類的設施嚴重不足。一些酒店和餐廳食肆縱使有衛生間的設備，都是專為顧客提供方便，絕不歡迎外人使用。曾到過香港旅遊的人都不會忘記當他們遇上三急之時，那種不知所措之尴尬真是無以復加。成年人尚會如此，試想那些心智仍未成熟的孩子又如何能從容地面對生理上急待解決之問題呢？
在加拿大的大城小鎮，縱使那裡沒有公厠設備，只要找到一些速食店和汽油站便可解決三急。加拿大人一般都很友善，樂意助人，很少有人會拒人於千里之外。香港和加拿大兩地之文化差異，可由此表現出來。
在記憶中：半個世紀以前的越南首都西貢，缺乏周詳之城市規劃，一切因陋就簡。當年市內嚴重缺乏公共衛生設施，三急便在光天白日之下解决，旁若無人，自行其是。遇着一連數天不下雨，堆積下來之廢物會弄得臭氣熏天。聞說，今天的胡志明市已改善很多，但和先進之城市比較仍有很大的距離。
黄啓樟 2012/5/23
2012/5/31 加拿大商報
2012/5/31 加拿大商報
David:
ReplyDeleteTo have public toilets readily accessible to the public is also a problem even in the US. Having one built is no problem but the cost of keeping it clean costs a lot money due to the high cost of labor. Besides, we have the homeless who would use public toilets to take baths, sexual and illegal activities. However, restaurants such as MacDonald’s have helped solving this problem in downtown areas while gas stations along the highways. In Hong Kong, labor cost is secondary but land is so expensive that the government rather auctions it off for mega millions. In mainland China, for kids to pee or discharge in hidden alleys has been a common and acceptable practice.
By the way, I recently learned that besides medicines, name brands, and jewelry being the hot items which the millions of Chinese mainlanders would buy while visiting Hong Kong, there is one more item. That is, magazines and publications on gossips particularly those relating to the high echelons in the Chinese government. In the US, such gossips are more or less open to the public and considered No Big Deal.
Joe
在之前Facebook有人上載內地小童在旺角閙市大便之事，百分之九十九的facebookers 狂罵內地人無禮亦無恥！我則寄以同情！一，爸爸甘心幫助他無助的小兒，不怕旁人冷眼。二，試問有多少店舖会借洗手間你方便呢？三，亦是最可悲，港人和國內人由分歧變為仇視，不分事悲黑白，無限量加以擴大醜化，到達唯恐天下不亂之勢！港人呀，我們有無三私反省呢？
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