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 After
introducing three milestone initiatives – LOO Campaign, Eco-Assessor
Programme and Inter-Agencies Working Committee – last year, RAS has
yet again devised more bold initiatives to add to its list of achievements.
RAS initiated LOO Awards 2009 in 17th June to recognise heroes
behind the cleanliness and maintenance of toilets namely organisations from
public and private sectors, cleaning contractors, toilet cleaners and
individuals. RAS also launched the LOO Map to recognise clean toilets that
have achieved our Happy Toilet star ratings. Both the LOO Awards and LOO
Map will serve to help reach the target of our LOO Campaign, which is at
least 70% 3-star Happy Toilets by 2010.
In
its collaborations with various organisations, RAS continues to work
closely with its Inter-Agencies Working Committee (IAWC) members to break
new grounds in enhancing overall toilet standards. RAS has also partnered
with the National Environment Agency North West Regional Office (NWRO),
North West Community Development Council (NWCDC) and North West Grassroots
organisations (GROs) to target toilet cleanliness
in the North West District.
In
its community outreach, RAS has extended its reach to another key audience,
the foreign workers. After the stallholders from hawker centres, foreign
workers are the second group of audience to attend talks on the dos and
don’ts of toilet hygiene practices. Not forgetting school teachers
and students, RAS continues to reach out to this group by participating in
the Asian Water Symposium organised by the Waterways Watch Society and the Health
Education Seminar organised by the Ministry of Education.
With
the successful launch of our two new initiatives and heightened awareness
of our programmes, I hope RAS will continue to scale even greater heights in
actualising its vision of “Clean Toilets for Everyone”.
Ms Tan Puay Hoon
President
Restroom Association (Singapore)
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