Report flushes that do not work and help tourists find the loo at shopping malls, the Singapore-based World Toilet Organisation said in a campaign on latrine etiquette ahead of World Toilet Day on Wednesday.

The group listed 10 toilet essentials and and urged people to add to the list.

"If everyone joins in, there (will be) better public toilets and happier people," said Jack Sim, a founding member of the organisation and president of the Restroom Association of Singapore.

In the city-state, well known for strict laws against littering and where clean toilets are stamped with a "happy face" sticker, the organisation is calling for comments on public toilets to be sent to its e-mail address, info@toilet.org.sg, or through mobile phone text messages.

It is also encouraging other countries to establish their own feedback mechanisms to allow people to send comments on toilets they have used.

The comments will be tabled as an agenda for the next World Toilet Summit in 2004 in Beijing.

"Be it brickbats or bouquets, the user should give feedback to the owner of the toilet about the state of the facilities," the organisation said.

The annual World Toilet Summit, which gathers toilet associations, experts and tourism officials from around the world, was first held in Singapore in 2001, followed by meetings in South Korea and Taiwan.

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