First posted May 2004
"Happy Toilets": Singapore is to publish toilet maps for tourists
When tourists in Singapore hear nature's call, they will know where the nearest cottage is.
The city-state is publishing maps pinpointing its 500 cleanest public toilets in its drive to wipe dirty lavatories off the face of the island, an official said Thursday. The toilet maps will indicate the cleanest and best-equipped restrooms for the benefit of tourists and shoppers, said Jack Sim, a founding member of the Singapore-based World Toilet Organization and president of the Restroom Association of Singapore.
Singapore started rating public lavatories in its "Happy Toilet" campaign last June - using a five-star system similar to that used to grade hotels. A "Happy Toilet" is one that's rated three-stars or more.
The maps will be available free at the international airport and information counters by August, and shopping malls whose restrooms don't yet qualify will be encouraged to upgrade so that they can be included, Sims said.
"If retail operators could use this as a competitive tool, it would help raise the standards of toilets in the country," Sim said. "Shopping centers with well-facilitated loos will win the trust of the shoppers."
The tightly controlled island nation of four million people is well-known for its behavior improvement campaigns targeting gum chewing, spitting and people who don't flush toilets. Canadian Press
Well that's a step in the right direction, there's nothing worse than sucking cock through a glory hole whilst knee deep in shit and filth.
Of course the rating system wouldn't work in Great Britain, the local autorities have closed them all
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