Following its success in 2009, RAS is pleased to announce the return of the LOO - Let's Observe Ourselves - Awards this year. Nominations for LOO Awards 2010 are open from 1st June and close on 31st October. RAS is introducing a new “Star Restroom (Happy Toilet)” category which will be awarded by RAS in the following categories:
- Market and Food Centre (1 Award)
- Coffeeshop (1 Award)
- Shopping Centre (1 Award)
- Foodcourt (1 Award)
- Best Restroom of the Year (1 Award)
[Read more here]
On 9th January, RAS invited international consultancy and township development group, SURBANA, to showcase their unique toilet-feedback system that offers users the opportunity to 'grade' the quality of the restrooms. Visitors to our booth including Guest-of-Honour Dr Yaacob Ibrahim were impressed with the touch-screen interface that provides user-friendly options for users to offer feedback on matters such as the cleanliness of the restroom, the air quality and the provision of hand soap and toilet paper. Once the feedback is captured, it will notify the cleaning supervisor via SMS and he or she will then assign a cleaner to take remedial action. The system will also track the exact time when remedial action was taken by the cleaner with a simple scan of a card.
[Read more here]
[View pictures here]
RAS was invited by the National Environment Agency (NEA) to set up a display booth from 30th October to 1st November at the CGS 2010 Carnival held at HortPark. The CGS 2010 was successfully launched by Guest-of-Honour, Prime Minister (PM) Lee Hsien Loong, on 30th October. At the launch, many individuals and communities also received the CGS Awards, to recognise their outstanding efforts to maintain and improve our living environment. Among them were some restroom cleaners of five-star Happy Toilets who received awards for the Best Cleaners category. Going beyond the normal practice, RAS took the innovative step to distribute complimentary hand sanitizers sponsored by the Initial Hygiene and shared with the visitors, both young and old, about good toilet etiquette which included a hand-washing exercise. The three-day event saw a good turnout of 22,000 people from all walks of life.
[Read more here]
[Read news reports here]
[View pictures here]