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The Straits Times
January 17, 2021
We agree with WTO founder Jack Sim that cleanliness of toilets in hawker centres and coffee shops requires improvement. Public toilets that are well-designed, well-maintained and responsibly used are clean toilets which all users can enjoy. In Oct last year, we launched a Toilet Improvement Programme (TIP) to help co-fund up to 90 per cent of improvement works to toilets in coffee shops and hawker centres. As we step up efforts to support infrastructural improvements and good maintenance of toilets in coffee shops and hawker centres, there must also be responsible toilet usage on the part of patrons and stallholders. As part of the SG Clean campaign, the Public Toilet Cleanliness initiative was rolled out last year through various publicity channels and public touchpoints in selected transport hubs and hawker centre toilets to encourage users to keep toilets clean. Maintaining the cleanliness of public spaces, including toilets, is a collective responsibility. Every stakeholder, including the user, can take ownership to raise the cleanliness and hygiene standards of public toilets in Singapore.... Continue Reading