Thursday showing Premier Jennifer Smith swinging from new playground equipment at Parson's Road while schoolchildren looked on. In the story, the new Government seemed to take credit for the playground which it did not create but that's alright because to the victors go the spoils.

We noted that the Premier asked the users of the new Parson's Road playground to "keep it in as good a condition as it can be''. We would like to extend that kind of appeal into other areas.

If we were allowed a wish list we would like to see the new Government take advantage of the new atmosphere in the "New Bermuda'' and ask the people, many of them their supporters, to help solve some of Bermuda's problems simply by not creating the problems or by not adding to the problems. Maybe we are optimists on Par-la-Ville Road but it seems to us that a public appeal would be well worth a try.

The first wish would be an appeal to drivers on the roads, especially young cyclists, to behave better, drive more carefully and pay attention to the rules of the road and the traffic signs. If such an appeal were to be successful where threats of arrests and fines and banns from the road have not been successful, them it would greatly improve road conditions, decrease road rage, and work to the benefit of Bermudians and visitors alike.

The second appeal would be to those people who litter the highways and byways, largely with the empty containers of "cold ones'', the sale of which the previous government refused to ban. How wonderful it would be if we could cut down on litter voluntarily by asking people to take care of their "new Bermuda''.

Our third wish would be an appeal to people not to offend against visitors to Bermuda. There is little doubt that handbag snatches, hotel room entries, muggings and the like severely damage the tourist trade which the new Minister of Tourism is determined to get rolling. It seems to us that an appeal such as "help us to keep visitors happy'' would be entirely appropriate. That appeal could easily be extended to bus and taxi drivers who so often come into direct contact with visitors.

There are other areas but these three would make great improvements and amid the euphoria following the election it might be that the new Government could get the public, or at least some of the public, to help. It seems to us that this might be the right time to ask the people to do things, tangible things, for the Country.