People wanting to live beyond their means happens at every level of income earners. Some liveaboards cannot afford the boat lifestyle, but continue to live it because they enjoy the freedoom and nature. That doesn't make it ok for them to pump sewage and oil into the sea, or have rotting boats with no insurance, which is selfish.

Those of us in the thread supporting some of the these regulations are not attacking the poor as some have suggested. We are not rich heartless people trying to push away the poverty problems. We are worried about the SAFETY of the environment and the people around the harbours.

You want equal rights, follow the same rules as the rest of us. How someone can dump sewage straight into the ocean is beyond me...totally selfish if you ask me, especially when dumping close to shore.