Tapah R&R Wins Toilet Competition

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 23 (Bernama) -- The toilets at the south-bound Tapah Rest and Service Area (R&R), with its open concept and modern design and surrounded by tropical landscape, was chosen the winner in a toilet design competition.
Its management, PLUS Expressway Berhad (PLUS) will receive a RM5,000 prize from Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak at a function to be held here tomorrow.
The competition, held between Oct 31 and Dec 16 last year, was organised by the Housing and Local Government Ministry with the collaboration of the Works Ministry, the Education Ministry and the Malaysian Architect Association.
A statement issued by PLUS Thursday said more than 11,000 people stopped at the R&R every day.
The rest area has toilet facilities comprising 36 cubicles for women and 32 cubicles for men as well as bathrooms and toilets for the handicapped.
The design of the toilets had brought foreign VIPs, including from India and Bosnia Herzegovina, to the R&R which is at KM331.5.