Practise good toilet habits

Star: KUALA LUMPUR: Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak has called for an attitude change towards public toilet hygiene as it reflects the culture and civilisation of the people.
“Even if we have the best-looking toilets around it would not mean a thing if bad attitude becomes the order of the day,” the Deputy Prime Minister said.
He said that in conjunction with Visit Malaysia Year 2007, the people must understand that the Government was trying its level best to ensure the cleanliness of toilets.
“Next year we are expecting at least 20 million foreigners and one of the ways an outsider can tell about the culture and civilisation (of a country) is from the condition of public toilets,” Najib said when launching the city's latest public toilet along Jalan Bukit Bintang.
The toilet is fully automated, including the cleaning of the toilet bowls. It costs RM1 to use the toilet.
Twenty-three such toilets, each costing about RM400,000, will be strategically placed around the city by next year.
Najib said Japan was now the country rated the most outstanding for clean public toilets. The focus of that country had been clean toilets in schools.
“The Japanese see this as a mid- to long-term solution and their strategy is for the children to understand why toilets are important, and how toilets are kept clean.
“I cannot see why this cannot work in schools in Malaysia, and I believe that it can work for Malaysians if (the habit) is inculcated in the children,” he said.