Singapore to promote better toilet design in annual campaign

BETTER designs for toilets could encourage people to keep public facilities spotless in already clean and green Singapore, a report said Thursday.

The environment ministry believes a well-designed public toilet will be easier to maintain and will motivate the public to keep those they use clean, the Straits Times said.

The ministry will hold a seminar on better public toilet design and maintenance for architects, engineers, interior designers, and building managers, the report said.

The new initiative was unveiled Wednesday at the launch of the annual Clean Public Toilets Campaign.

A survey in May showed more public toilets in the island state were cleaner than before, but that those in food centers, markets and coffeeshops had hardly improved, the report said.