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The Top 10 Most Fascinating Urinals
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An unusual top 10 list but nevertheless an interesting one. Hundreds of urinal photos from all over the world, including the above top-10 list of the "most fascinating urinals." The #1 most fascinating urinal is in Antarctica.

The words "fascinating urinal" seem an oxymoron, but this feature by Urinal.Net proves otherwise.

Browse the list of the "Top 10 Most Fascinating Urinals", which includes receptacles in the Taj Mahal.


1 Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station South Pole, Antarctica
2 The Taj Mahal Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India
3 Nature's Call by Clark Sorensen San Francisco, CA USA
4 Public Rest Rooms of Rothesay  Rothesay, Isle of Bute,U.K.
5 St. Christopher's at the Winston - Kisses Amsterdam,  Netherlands
6 Dairy Queen Port Charlotte, FL
7 Stockholm-Arlanda Airport Stockholm, Sweden
8 Hat Noppharat Thara - Phi Phi Islands National Park Krabi, Thailand
9 John Michael Kohler Arts Center Sheboygan WI, USA
10 The Felix Hong Kong

Stench, wet, dirty floors and un-flushed toilet bowls make up the general picture of Malaysia public washrooms.

Inconsiderate users are primarily responsible for the dirtiness of local public washrooms.

Many people squat on toilet seats to avoid dirt as much as possible, leading to even dirtier toilet seats,
Ineffective facilities also contribute to dirty washrooms.

The lack of flushing water is not a rare problem in local public toilets. Sometimes, the flushing systems are too weak to remove all the waste.

Poor ventilation systems allow odours to build up.

Toilets are frequently visited but not often cleaned.

Ventilation systems are needed to eliminate bad smells and to maintain dry, clean floors.

Cleaning Contractors taking  care of cleanliness of public toilets have the  responsible for checking of water pipes to ensure regular functioning of flushing systems.

Nevertheless, public toilets are not as good as one might expect.

“Toilet bowls, seats and flushing cisterns clean and free of dirt.

“Toilet walls and floor dry and free of dirt.

“Hand wash basins and mirrors free of dirt.”


Most of the toilet facilities were old and the floor was wet.


Users often have bad  practices.

Even if there is a water supply, people do not flush after use. They dump waste paper everywhere


The men from villages urinate everywhere.


“Toilets become dirty just 15 minutes after they are cleaned.

“If there is a paper supply, the paper rolls will be gone within an hour.


High humidity is one of the reasons why toilet floors are often wet.


Support and cooperation from the public are crucial elements in maintaining hygienic public toilets.


“Most people here lack a sense of citizenship. Public toilets are not places of their own. They care more about resolving their biological needs than keeping public toilets clean

The hygiene standard of public toilets can also be upgraded by improving facilities.

“There should be sufficient supply of toilet paper.

Modern technology can help solve the problem as well.

“Using automatic flush sensors – like those in Korea and Japan – is the best way to ensure a 100 percent flushing rate. But there is a high cost involved


In fact, not all public washrooms are in terrible condition.


There are  good examples of clean loos.

In the Provisional Urban Council Clean Public Toilets Casting Award Contest held in 1999, these two public toilets were voted the cleanest toilets in the urban area by the public.

“They are very clean for public toilets. The floors are dry and the toilet compartments are clean and dry,” said a local resident who had just emerged from a toilet.

Disinfectant is added to the flushing water. Internal ventilators have been installed and aromatic chemicals eliminate odours.

There is full-time toilet attendant stationed in the Wing Wo Street Public Toilet, while the Smithfield Market Public Toilet is cleaned six times a day


"Toilet Cleanliness Awareness Campaign" 世界公廁日

16 November 2005, Kota Kinabalu : In conjunction with the World Toilet Day on November 19 (Saturday), City Hall will be organising a city level "Toilet Cleanliness Awareness Campaign".

As part of the campaign, a talk to create awareness on toilet cleanliness will be held at City Hall's Conference Room at 8.30am on that day (Nov.19). The talk is aimed at creating greater awareness not only for hygiene and health reasons but to improve the general cleanliness of public toilets in the city.

Director-General for City Hall, Dr. Chua Kim Hing will present the talk which is expected to be attended by the relevant government agencies, politicians, community leaders, residents committees, Non governmental organizations (NGOs) and business communities among others.

After the talk participants will be devided into several groups to visit and inspect toilets at business premises including restaurants, coffee shops, shopping complexes and public toilets in the city.

Posters on the campaign will also be distributed during the rounds which are expected to cover the areas of Gaya Street, Pantai Street, Kg. Air, Sinsuran, Segama, Bandaran Berjaya, Wisma Merdeka and Centre Point.

In this respect, Chua has called upon the management and owners of the business premises in the affected areas to ensure that their toilets are clean and properly maintained during and after the inspection.

He said the World Toilet Day is declared on November 19 of each year and the purpose of the day is to have people in all countries to take action, to increase awareness of toilet user's right to a better toilet environment, and to demand for it from toilet owners.

As such, he said it is also the toilet user's duty to contribute towards its maintenance, cleanliness and hygiene.

Chua added that the toilet cleanliness awareness campaign was in respond to the call by the Ministry of Local Government and Housing for all local authorities to hold the campaign aimed at creating awareness on toilet cleanliness to the public in conjunction with the World Toilet Day.

As part of the campaign, the Ministry has also called upon the local authorities to adopt a model toilet and to go to the ground and monitor the condition of public toilets in their respective areas of jurisdiction.

Meanwhile, in conjunction with the campaign City Hall lined up several follow up programs in to include courses on toilet management, adoption of model toilets and talks to the public, which are also in line with its vision to create a clean, beautiful and a safe city.

TOILETS   IN   TAWAU

 


  INDEX : Environment  31-1-2008  September 23, 2015 11:32:49 PM

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