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.