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RAS conducts training for Ascendas-Singbridge
A
full-day theoretical session was conducted in August at the Ascendas-Singbridge office in the Galaxis
building after a couple of discussion meetings in May and June. Key staff
including senior management attended the training which covered the
following topics:
Practical
sessions were then conducted for all property management staff in September.
Each practical session equipped the staff to demonstrate understanding of
public toilet assessment so as to effectively conduct assessments
according to the RAS checklist and submit results, feedback and
recommendations as follows:
· Purpose of public
toilet assessment
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Areas of public toilet assessment
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Quality standards of public toilet assessment
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RAS certifies Far East Malls under
the star-rated Happy Toilet Programme (HTP) for the first time
 After
an on-site consultation for Clark Quay Central shopping mall, more than
20 toilets were Happy Toilet certified in
September. More than 40 shopping malls from AsiaMalls
Management Pte Ltd, City Developments Limited, Far East Organization,
Frasers Centrepoint Limited, Housing &
Development Board (HDB) and The Shoppes at Marina Bay Sands are under the
HTP.
RAS views the HTP as another pillar of
effective public education – educating users to exercise care so as to
sustain the star-rating of Happy Toilets. Since 2010, RAS has been
actively collaborating with many malls to hold exhibitions and carnivals
to educate shoppers to keep Happy Toilets clean. From 2014, recognition
of cleaning attendants, who are maintaining Happy Toilets, is
incorporated to raise public awareness about the importance of showing
kindness to the attendants.
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RAS shares good hygiene practices with
preschool principals and teachers
At the NEA Pre-school Environmental Education Advisor
Networking Session this year, instead of sharing about its Happy Toilets @
Preschools Programme (HTPP) which has reached out to more than 100 preschools,
RAS shared some good hygiene practices after its active observations of
HTPP participating preschools. A number of observations RAS shared with
participants include:
- Toilet
signage at children’s
 eye level to educate the children about locating toilets at
public places such as shopping centres and hawker centres
- Children-friendly
soap dispensers for children to effortlessly press for hand soap
- The use
of foam soap to save water
- The use
of rubber hose for showering or washing
- Proper
removal of human spillages such as vomit, blood, etc
- The
difference between sanitising and disinfecting
- Colour-coding
system for mops, cloths and pails to prevent cross contamination
- Right
usage of chemicals
- Simple
educational logos
- Fun
hand-washing steps
- Reward
stickers to encourage children to practise good hygiene
After the end of the presentation, queues were formed
at our booth with more than 20 preschools signing up. RAS
also set up a booth to showcase its HTPP and its partners, PurSoft tissue distributor Universal Sovereign
Trading, ozone water solution provider Adsec
Global and Dyson hand dryer supplier Viso, were
also present to showcase their products. RAS has participated in this
preschool event since 2010.
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RAS engages Republic Polytechnic students to raise funds through
Citi-YMCA Youth For Causes (YFC) 2017
After their successful attempt to be among 100 teams selected for the YFC 2017 in May, four passionate Republic Polytechnic (RP)
students embarked on their crusade to raise funds for RAS. On 11th July,
with the support of the polytechnic’s School of Management and
Communication, the students actively mobilised more than 100 RP students
from various Schools to attend a ‘Sew In Love’ session to sew cloth
pieces and make them into tissue holders. Prior to this session, the  students had launched a donation drive at RP to collect old and
unwanted clothing to be cut into cloth pieces, which would then be sewed
to be made into tissue holders for sale at carnivals.
Thereafter,
owing to the strong support from venue sponsor HDB, four carnivals were successfully organised at its malls island-wide in Jurong West, Queenstown, Sengkang
and Woodlands. Apart from conducting games and selling tissue holders to
raise funds, $840 worth of grocery vouchers were also presented to 21
cleaning attendants with each attendant receiving $40. The students also
organised another fundraising event at RP to raise more funds. More than
$450 were raised at these events and though the amount may seem
insignificant, it will make a vast difference to the esteem and lives of
the cleaning attendants, whom we will continue to recognise at future
events.
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