Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by Clewza313 1743 days ago
The government in Singapore very effectively incentivises cleanliness by littering fines, Corrective Work Orders for repeat offenders (put on orange vest, go pick up trash for a day), and a small army of laborers cleaning up at night.

Birth incentives don't work quite as well, because a $500 voucher doesn't go very far in a country where a public housing flat can sell for $1,000,000 and the schooling system is a pressure cooker mandating extensive paid tuition.

1 comments

the singapore government has birth incentives well beyond a $500 voucher. plus, there are decent HDB flats available for $500k.