It was saturday night when I went out with my friends for the sole purpose of unwinding but then in the end had made me realized one important thing.We went to the mall to walk around, eat, talk and laugh about anything under the moonlight. Eventually, we decided to walk along Manila Bay fronting the mall where many restaurants, bars, coffee shops and the likes are built. We looked for a good place to stay but we ended in choosing the berm to sit on. I noticed that this part of the bay is not yet polluted as compared to the one along Roxas Boulevard but then we could see that down the berm were big rocks covered already by garbages . It’s just so sad to see and realize that if this will not be immediately prevented, then eventually this supposed beautiful and relaxing view will be another exploited pride of our country. I wonder how the local government is dealing with this, and I think that this also concerns the country’s tourism authority. Why don’t they check around and see what ‘s happening. How come that they cannot penalize the mall for such negligence? The mall’s management must do something about it, they must do necessary measures to prevent people from throwing in the water.They cannot just argue that they cannot take control of it because in the first place, the reason why people is going there is mainly because of their establishments. I noticed guards going around the area but still they seemed worthless as they didn’t really check on whether or not, visitors were disciplined enough to maintain its order.This single situation is just one of the many incidents that shows how our natural wealth is exploited. There are still many other situations that could prove this, that maybe i haven’t seen yet, and that supposed authorities are not doing anything about it. Such negligence is a waste of our country’s pride. It is precisely an act of irresponsibility.If only the authorites are firm in implementing necessary precautions in maintaining our scenic resources, then we can promote tourism feasibly and more successfully to tourists, that in turn can help boost our  economy.

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