YOU can't eat off the floor, but Yuhua Village Market and Food
Centre has the cleanest hawker centre toilets in the entire
South-West district.
The reigning champion for the past three years emerged tops
again this year in the South-West Community Development Council's
sixth annual Clean, Dry & Sparkling Public Toilet award on
Tuesday.
It defeated seven other nominees in estates such as Bukit Batok,
Boon Lay and Jurong, partly thanks to lots of elbow grease from
toilet cleaner Mr Ong Tye Siew.
The 67-year-old, who has been cleaning the washrooms in Yuhua
Village for three years, said he checks and cleans the stalls every
hour.
'It was difficult to get people to cooperate and not mess the
place up at first. I learned to speak nicely to the customers and
to the stall owners to make them understand the importance of
keeping the toilets clean,' he said.
Judges from the CDC, National Environment Agency, town councils,
Restroom Association of Singapore (RAS) and grassroots
organisations studied, probed and flushed 22 washrooms on Monday
and Tuesday for the award.
-- ST