The World Toilet Summit & Expo in Singapore.

This 9th World Toilet Summit & Expo 2009 returns to Singapore and will be held from 2 to 4 December at the Suntec Singapore.

Singapore is also the headquarters for the World Toilet Organisation (WTO) and MP Asia, organisers of WTSE 2009. There will be a lot of exhibitions on toilets, sanitary products , toilet related Services and latest technologies on toilets.

In this coming World Toilet Summit & Expo, I am sure that you will meet the top toilet campaigners like the WTO founder, Mr. Jack Sim, African Toilet King , Mr. Trevor Mulaudzi (Dr. "Shit"), Indian Toilet Entrepreneur & Builder Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak (founder of Sulabh International Social Service Organization in India) and sure going to miss the Korean toilet campaigner for Toilet, His Excellency, the Late Sim Jae Duck (Founder of World Toilet Association) as he has passed away in January '09 in his native city of Suweon , south of the Korean Capital , in his USD 1.6 mil toilet bowl shaped house/Mansion. Sadly missed but fondly remembered a man who was born in the toilet & stayed in a toilet bowl shaped house.

For more information of this Summit and Expo 2009, do visit the website of the World Toilet Organisation at http://www.worldtoilet.org/ or http://www.worldtoiletevents.com/

See you there !

Best Media Award 2008

Sibu Toilet Council blogspot.com was awarded the Best Media Award 2008 for its contributions in the promoting of Clean Toilet activities and I meant this website/blog . It's the effort of all the toilet Council Committee & Staff. Special Thanks should goes to the Sibu Municipal Council Secretary or the CEO, Mr. Hii Chang Kee , Toilet Council Chairperson , Cr. Robert Lau Hui Yew and Council Chairman, YB Datuk Tiong Thai King & Deputy Ybhg. Daniel Ngieng.

This award was given on the 3rd QRAM annual general meeting on the night of 23.07.2009 in Bangsar Seafood Restaurant in Kuala Lumpur. The category of this award is for the best Media in promoting of Clean Toilet in the electronic media i.e internet. This award supposed to be given in the last National Toilet Forum & Exhibition (Natef) 2008 in Serembam, Negeri Sembilan.

This the effort of Friends, Staff of Sibu Municipal Council and all the campaigners for Clean Toilet in Sibu and Malaysia.

The Launching of National Level Public Cleanliness Campaign against Pandemic Influenza A (H1N1).

The Launching of the National Level Public Cleanliness Campaign against the Pandemic Influenza A (H1N1) or " Kempen Kebersihan Awam bagi menangani pendemik Influenza A (H1N1) Peringkat Kebangsaan" was held on 20th July 2009 at Sunway Pyramid Convention Centre, Kuala Lumpur organised by Federal Ministry of Housing & Local Government , Malaysia. Our Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin was the guest of honor and he was the one who launched this National Level Campaign. The Federal Minister of Housing & Local Government and the Deputy Minister, Federal Minister of Health were also present during the launching.

The National Launching was followed by a Seminar in the afternoon and speakers were from the Government, Private sector and NGO (Quality Restroom Association Malaysia or QRAM). The topic of this Seminar were on the present situation of the H1N1 in Malaysia, Personal Hygiene (hand washing) and cleanliness of Public Toilets. Three (3) papers were presented in the Seminar. Tuan Syed (from QRAM ) was one of the speakers and who is avid campaigner for toilet cleanliness in Malaysia.

The followings are some of the leaflets distributed during the Campaign:-








A few interesting points from the Speakers which worth pondering......


"Peraturan 5 S " of TOILET maintenance and cleanliness.

1. Seiri (整理) Sort / Sisih
2. Seiton (整頓) Set / Susun
3. Seisō (清掃) Shine / Sapu
4. Seiketsu (清潔) Standardization/Seragam
5. Shitsuke (躾) Self Discipline / Disiplin Diri

The 10 most likely public Places where germs are found

1. Playground or "Taman permainan "
2. Railings in Bus stop and hand rails in Buses or "Rel besi di perhentian/di dalam bas "
3. The Public Toilets or "Tandas awam "
4. Trolleys in Shops /Supermarkets or "Pemegang troli membeli-belah"
5. Escalator hand rails or "Pemegang eskalator "
6. The Arm rest of Chair or "Tempat merehatkan tangan di kerusi "
7. The button of Drink Dispensing Machines or "Butang mesin jualan "
8. Pen Sharing or "Pen yang dikongsi"
9. Public Telephone or "Telefon awam "
10. Lift Button or "Butang lif "



The Strict Personal Hygiene is still the best preventive measure against the Influenza A (H1N1) or any contagious diseases.

Auditing on the Cleanliness of all the Sibu Municipal Council Public Toilets.

Sibu Municipal Council had started the auditing of all the Public Toilets under it's jurisdictions and the format used for the auditing is from Ministry of Housing & Local Government's Environmental Health unit or "Bahagian Kesihatan Persekitaran "(BM). The Auditing Format is in our National Language. Sibu Municipal Council will be doing a half yearly auditing besides the daily inspections.

The Format of the auditing will covered the Physical & Maintenance aspects of the Public Toilets and marks will be given after each auditing.

The marks given will determine the level of Cleanliness of these Toilets as follows:-

(A) Excellence = above 90

(B) Good = 81 to 90

(C) Satisfactory = 60 to 80

(D) Dirty = below 60

Those found dirty or not up to the Standard might have his or her Tender terminated (in the case of the engaged public toilet cleaners) and also the toilets would be closed for thorough Cleaning.

This is the Auditng Format used by Sibu Municipal Council.

The result of the auditing of the Sibu Municipal Council's Public Toilets will be displayed in this blog when completed.

Liquid Soap Dispenser.

Sibu Municipal Council is now campaigning or encouraging all the eateries to provide Liquid Soap Dispensers for the convenience of their patron/customers. The Sibu Municipal Council might make it mandatory and will be including this facilities in the licensing Conditions of the eateries. Failure to comply might resulted in a penalty of a fine and a demerit point in the annual grading of the premises. Council is quite serious in this implementation.





1. Press release of the Use of the Soap dispensers in eateries by Sibu Municipal Council.


Sibu Toilet Council was also instructed to ensure that all Council Public Toilets or any toilets in the council buildings which public had the assess to be provided with liquid soap dispensers.(Leadership by example) Council had a total of 34 toilets' facilities located in Public libraries, Swimming pools, Markets, Bus terminal and in Community Parks/ gardens and Halls.



2. "Leadership by example" was the topic in the press report by the local Chinese newspaper that council had installed the soap dispensers to all the public toilets owned by Sibu Municipal Council, Sibu.


There are various type of Liquid /gel/foam Dispensers in the Market and some of them made of plastic, alloy & metal fitted with push button or mechanical device to dispense liquid , gel or foam soap .



3. One type of automatic soap foam dispenser.



4. This is the bottle of liquid hand wash containing alcohol based formulation for cleaning or sanitizing hands.

In the event of any outbreak of any contagious diseases , general public are advised to adhere to the strict personal hygiene and hand washing is one of the personal hygiene practices which is very important as this will minimise the spread of the disease. How to do a proper hand washing ? Many companies involved in the sanitary wares & services had their own sets of guidelines for the hand washing and the World Health Organization (WHO) do also have one.



5. World Health Organization: Hand scrub & Hand wash.

Our toilet cleaners were also told to make sure that all the public toilet's door knobs, press buttons of the urinals, flushing cistern as well as the faucets or taps are cleansed after each use by the public to prevent cross contamination. We are very lucky that most of our toilets were constructed with the concept of the "Open air" which will dry up very quickly and abundant "Sunlight" will kill germs too. Isn't that environmental friendly?

Happy Toilet School Education Talk 2009-Methodist Mary Hoover Kindergarten

This is the first outing this year for the Sibu Toilet Council/ Sibu Municipal Council's Health Education Unit conducting the Happy Toilet School Education Talk at the Methodist Mary Hoover Kindergarten, Sibu. The talk started about 9.00 am (on 3rd April 2009) and this time our Target Group is mostly the kindergarten children. Good Habits started from young age.

The Educational talk started with the playing of Toilet Song VCD . This VCD was produced by the "Kementerian Perumahan Dan Kerajaan Tempatan" (Federal Ministry of Housing and local Government, Kuala Lumpur) and "Jawatankuasa Kerbersihan Tandas Kebangsaan" (National Council for Toilet Cleanliness (NTCC) ) The songs were present by Malaysian local artistes or Singers and in 3 languages. The Song is "The Public Toilet is Crying". Cr. Robert Lau Hui Yew (Sibu Toilet Council Chairperson) was also there to present the copies of the VCD to the School Board Chairperson.

1. Cr. Robert Lau Hui Yew (STC Chairperson) present copies of the Toilet VCD to the School and Mdm. Wong(Assist. Board Chairman) received the VCD on behalf of the School.

2. Mr. Chua Hock Siong ( senior Health Inspector ) is organising chairperson of this Talk.

3. Children watching the Toilet VCD

4. Another pix: Children watching VCD.

3. One of Our Happy School Toilet Speaker, Mr. Lee.

4. Mr. Lee getting one of the Children to answer a quiz about the Toilet.

5. Mr. Lee taking out the goodies for the Children who answer or participate in the Quizzes.

6. The kindergarten Children.

7. Very attentive group.

8. One Smile for the Happy Toilet School Talk.

While most of us were busy during the talk, Mr. Ho (Sibu Toilet Council Member) took his time to get a few snaps of the existing toilets of this Kindergarten and the pictures shown that the toilets required for improvements. We try to talk to the management of this Kindergarten and let our Sibu Toilet Council Chairperson talk to them.



1. Stains to be removed and floor tiling need to be changed.

2. Door frame need to be replaced.

3. Wash hand basins to be made children friendly ?

4. Doors need to be repainted and Cubicles to be brighten up naturally ?

Today, outing is quite a meaningful one and we will try to go to a few more Kindergarten to spread the news of good toilet maintenance and good toilet habits to the young ones.

Malaysian Standard School Toilet for SK Abang Ali, Sibu?

Today is Saturday, 14th March 2009. Sibu Toilet Council chairperson, Cr. Robert Lau Hui Yew, Architect Mr. Tang from the "Kumpulan Design" and myself , we visited the Government primary school, Sekolah Kebangsaan (SK) Abang Ali. Well, for what's purpose? it's the Toilet again!

This time as according to STC Chair,Cr. Robert Lau Hui Yew that they are going to bid for fund to renovate or re construct another standard toilet for this School. Our purpose is to get the measurements of the existing toilet and the land, it occupied. Yes, was told by Cr. Robert Lau Hui Yew that this ideas of having a new toilet for this school was mooted by Cr. Abang Iskandar bin Abang Latip . Cr. Robert Lau Hui Yew also said that the rain water harvesting facilities to be incorporated in this toilet facilities and the rain water catchment area is from the roof of the school 's admin block. It's quite difficult to construct a toilet without any fund but I had the confidence in Cr. Robert and Cr. Iskandar that they will come out with the fund. Keeping fingers closed and hoping for the best. Dreams do come true!

1. The School.

Something about this School, "Sekolah Kebangsaan"(SK) Abang Ali Sibu (or formerly Known as SUDC No.1) The school is the Oldest School in Sibu and if not mistaken, being around since Year 1890. The School had been shifted several times and finally in this location. The School was formerly under the charge of Sibu Urban District Council (SUDC) or Present Sibu Municipal Council (SMC) and finally handed over to the State Government. Wonder whether it's the first School which was under SUDC or SMC ? Gather from the notice board or the memorial corner of the school, this school was named after one teacher, Mr. Abang Ali bin....who was born in Kuching and was instructed by one of the White Rajah, Charles Brooke in the year 1890 to set up a school in Sibu.

2. Main Entrance to the School

3. Building or Block of the School (admin block)

4. Another view.

SK Abang Ali Sibu is a government school and the medium of education is "Bahasa Malaysia" and the teaching staff with non-teaching staff is about 61 and student is about 800 ++ The ratio of boys and Girls is 50:50.

The toilet which Cr. Robert & Cr. Abang Iskandar bin Abg Latip proposed to take down is a single story with two separate partition for both boys & girl. Boys' toilet had 6 cubicles plus one common urinal and with girls' was provided with 6 cubicles. Teachers and clerical had their own toilets. All the pipes and man holes to this toilet were found cracked and leaking. From the signs and the stains in the drain , we think that the compound of this toilet is subjected to flooding. The areas of this toilet is quite small as compare to Sibu 1st Malaysian Standard Model School Toilet at SK Perbandaran N0.4 and it's about 6.00 ++ by 8.00 ++ metres in size.

5. The view of the Toilet (middle ) from the third floor of the School block.

6. The Entrance to the Toilet.

7. Boys' Toilet with Cubicles.

8. Boys' toilet with common urinal (hidden by the wall)

9. Girls' toilet with cubicles.

10. Cr. Robert Lau with Architect Mr. Tang.



11. The Side view of the toilet.

12. Elevated man hole (note the leakage)

13. Architect Mr. Tang (from KD)

14. What's Cr. Robert doing? Taking the pics of the cracked r.c foundation stilts.

15. Extended waste pipes

Well, again, keeping all our fingers closed and hoping that SK Abang Ali Sibu will be the second school in Sibu Division to get a Malaysian Standard School Toilet.

One last thing , please note that the date printed on all the pics was a bit earlier ...Sorry forget to adjust the date.

The 2nd Sarawak Hornbill Appreciation Award 2008

Sibu Municipal Council was again in the news and this time, the Town Square Phase II Public Toilet was being awarded for the Outstanding Contribution to the tourism Industry model toilet : Model toilet -Concept category. This competition was organised by the Sarawak tourism federation and the State Ministry of Urban Development & Tourism, Sarawak and the Ceremony was on the night of 20th February graced by the Chief Minister Of Sarawak , Pehin Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud and the Minister of Urban Development & Tourism, Datuk Micheal Manyin was also present. In fact, Sibu Municipal Council also received another award for the outstanding Contribution to Sarawak Tourism in the Sarawak Culinary Delights category for the "Pasar Malam" (or the night market) during the ceremony.

1. The 2nd Sarawak Hornbill Appreciation Award 2008

1.1 Trophy and framed Certificate.

1.2Trophy

1.3 Nicely Framed Certificate.

Public Toilet at Sibu Town Square Phase II

The location of this toilet is in the areas of the Sibu Town Square Phase II .The building of this public toilet was formerly one of the blocks of the Old Lau King Howe hospital which gave way for the development of the Sibu Town Square Phase II. This Toilet is formed part of the Old Lau King Howe Hospital's Medical Museum's Court Yard. This toilet was built or rather could be said renovated in the Year 2006 and was designed by a local well known architect.

The renovation and construction expenses of this toilet were from Sibu Lau’s Association (NGO) and Sibu Municipal Council. The Supervision of this toilet is under the Sibu Municipal Council’s Landscaping Section & Sibu Toilet Council (STC) and was placed under the maintenance and cleaning by the Landscape Contractor. All the toilet entry collections go to the Cleaning Contractor.

Since the toilet is located in the recreation areas of the Town Square, most of the users of this toilet are visitors as well as the people coming for morning & afternoon walks/exercises.

The most notable features of this toilet are the open concept where more ventilation openings were created through out the toilet buildings and with less partition. Hand cleaning facilities was installed separated from the main toilet areas. The Ladies’ section of the toilet is also installed with low urinal trough especially for the kids (boys) who come with their mothers. A Toilet for Handicap (OKU) is also provided. Another notable feature is the communal urinal’s wall for the male which was constructed with high density glass and is self cleaning with the controlled & continuous flowing of water on the glass wall. This Toilet can be said to be the most users' friendly toilet in Sibu.

1. Front View of the Sibu Town Square Phase II Public Toilet.

2. Front Entrance /Exit.

3. The Water Court Yard (Pond water level follow the tides of the longest river

in Sarawak , the mighty Rejang River)

4. Partition allow natural light during the day time.

3.Internal View- Long Wash hand RC Basin with laminated Frosted Glass

at the bottom and fluorescent light installed underneath this RC basin .

4. The laminated frosted Glass bottom fitted with fluorescent lights and

serve as lighting during the night time for the washers (users).

6. Another close up view.



6. Urinal -Laminated Frosted Glass Wall urinals and fluorescent Light in

between this glass wall for the lighting. Cold water pipe between the glass walls

to the supply water to the top of the glass wall for the flushing of the urinals (Self Cleansing)

7. The hinged S.S. Grill floor for the Gent Users to stand on.

8. Another Close up view of the floor grill.

This public toilet was also installed with the following users' friendly features

for the convenience for the users.

1. The electric hand drier.

2. The Low trough urinal for Kids and in the female toilet portion

especially for the young boys accompanying their mothers.

3. The less fortunate ones (Handicap or "OKU")

3. Your Choice- Seating Type.

4. Your Choice-Squatting type?

5. Take note of the brightness indicating good natural lighting and ventilation.

6. Feeling Tired? Wooden Benches cum the partition walls (to the male &

Female Section of the Toilet) for your use.

Lastly, the newspaper's cutting of the report of the ceremony from our

local press (Borneo Post-Saturday, February 21,2009)