Sunday, January 15, 2006

Toilet Cleanliness Act 2006



Wow, at last our Parliamentarians are doing soemthing substantive ...

They are going to debate and pass a new Act of Parliament to ensure that public toilets are being managed according to hygiene theory to ensure proper maintenance!!!!

Deputy Housing and Local Government Minister Datuk Robert Lau Hoi Chew said the Malaysian Toilet Standards (MTS) would be implemented and would ensure the cleanliness and also “accord a proper social status to the facility”.

“You cannot live without me but yet you treat me like dirt,” he said to emphasise the present condition and treatment of public toilets in the country. The MTS will cover three areas – design, maintenance and grading. And to begin with, he said the adherence to the MTS would be a criterion for licences for new premises and also renewal for existing ones under local authorities nationwide this year.

“My ministry will provide the guidelines to the local authorities for implementation,” he said in an interview. The MTS is jointly drafted by the ministry, Sirim, Malaysian Institute of Architects, Works Ministry, Kuala Lumpur City Hall and industry players.

The Minister states that "to inculcate a good toilet culture in schools, he suggested that students be given a role like providing inputs for the toilet design and the choice of tiles." Wow, that's not enough ... it must also include how they are going to shit and clean their backside, plus some piped musics to improve the shitting motion. ahahaha.....

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