Restroom Association (Singapore) e-Newsletter

2009 had been an eventful year for the RAS with the introduction of the LOO Awards, our first restroom awards for organisations and individuals in Singapore and the LOO Map, our online map locator of Happy Toilets. RAS will not allow any room for complacency to deter us from working diligently toward our LOO Campaign 2010 goal of 70% happy toilets.

RAS achieves milestone in its Happy Toilet Programme (HTP)

Visitors to the toilets of the HPB (Health Promotion Board) building and four SingHealth Polyclinics - Sengkang, Pasir Ris, Marine Parade and Queenstown - will soon get to see the display of our HTP plaques. The HPB is the first government office building with all of its 63 toilets rated as Happy Toilets. It is also the first time that polyclinics are coming on board.

RAS trains more Eco-Assessors

Our volunteers attending a two-hour Volunteer Eco-Assessor (VEA) training session held at our office on 13th March. RAS also trained a new pool of Certified Eco-Assessors (CEA) on 5th March. VEAs will have to complete at least ten mystery Happy Toilet audits before progressing to become CEAs.

RAS unveils innovative toilet-feedback system at the NEA Community Day

Dr Yaacob Ibrahim, Minister of the Environment and Water Resources (centre) visiting our booth to witness the innovative toilet-feedback system during the NEA Community Day held at the North East Regional Office on 9th January.

RAS promotes good toilet etiquette via Chinese variety show

Ms Tan Zhitong sharing on the important function of a toilet cover with viewers of the Chinese variety show, “U’re The Man”, which is aired every Tuesday on Channel U and hosted by Vivian Lai, Michelle Chia and Michelle Chong.

RAS shares its key projects and initiatives with postgraduates from Netherlands

Our President Ms Tan Puay Hoon voicing her opinions on the impact of toilets on the tourism development of Singapore with postgraduates, Ms Nienke van Gemert (left) and Ms Carla Flores from the NHTV Breda University of Applied Sciences. They are coming to Singapore for a month to conduct their research on the tourism development of Singapore.

RAS shares its key programmes and initiatives with SPRING readers

Our Manager Ms Susan Pereira was featured in the March/April issue of SPRING, a bi-monthly publication by the North East Community Development Council distributed to households in the North East.

RAS showcases its projects at the Environmental Education Advisor (EEA) Networking Session

Our five volunteers sharing a photo while helping out at the EEA Networking Session co-organised by the National Environment Agency (NEA) and Nanyang Girls' High School on 6th February.

RAS Learning Pavilion

After making its debut at the World Toilet Summit & Expo in December last year, the RAS Learning Pavilion – a roving exhibition on Singapore’s sanitation - will reach out to four libraries from 5th to 30th April at the Pasir Ris Public Library followed by Sengkang Public Library in May, Jurong Regional Library in June and Bukit Merah Public Library in July. RAS has also partnered with the NEA North East Regional Office (NERO) to showcase exhibits on recycling, anti-smoking and littering in some of these libraries.

Our company, Qool Enviro Pte Ltd was incorporated in 2006 with a start up fleet of 50 toilets. Today, we have increased our fleet size to more than 700 toilets with six service vehicles. Click below to read more about our latest innovative product, The P-Mate.

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