Thursday, July 8, 2010

4th Annual General Meeting 2010-Quality Restroom Association Malaysia (QRAM)

The 4th Annual General Meeting was called on 11th June 2010 at Bangsar Seafood Garden Restaurant, One Bangsar, No. 63,Jalan Ara, Bangsar Baru,59100 Kuala Lumpur.Besides the usual presentation of reports, account, and the main agenda of this meeting is the election of 25 nos of National Council Members for the term of Office 2010-2012.

After a lengthy deliberation, YB Datuk James Dawos, Deputy Minister of Tourism Malaysia was elected as the National Chairman. Congratulations to him!.The meeting ended with the dinner at this venue.




 

(Photo: Meeting in Session Chaired by Sir John Loh Soong Chew)

(Photo: members from the Corporates)
(Photo: YB Dato' Dr James Dawos Mamit, Deputy Minister of Tourism, Malaysia)

(Photo: Meeting in Session)



Wednesday, July 7, 2010

Interesting Public Toilets from Down Under and Land of the Moari.

Hope that visitors from this part of the globe won't  be  surprised to see the Public Toilets of their own countries/areas posted in this blog. These toilets are like those in Malaysia but the different  is that these public Toilets were installed in Recreation Park areas (in a seclude corner) of Hyde Park, Sydney.

In Brisbane,capital of Australian state of Queensland, the Public Toilets in its China Town was found in one of the shop house lot which we seldom or don't see in my part of Town. A very good idea  of providing toilets' facilities in a crowded or no available space for construction of toilets.

In the land of the Maori, one Public Toilet in its Recreation Park of "One Tree Hill" areas, a Cornwall Park, Auckland, NZ found having built with the similar concept with our very own tunnel Toilet in Sibu Lake Garden Phase II. The  Cornwall Park's toilet structure was just like a small dungeon, with its entrance going into the ground and the best of all, this toilet had the facilities to harvest the rain water but only for the urinals.

1. Hyde Park in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
 
Two (2) automatic Public toilets (like those found in the Street of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) but these two were found in seclude corner of the famous Hyde Park at the eastern side of Sydney Central Business District. Australian Fifty (50) cents per entry and the interior, it's more or less  like those auto toilets in our country (Malaysia).
    














(Photo: The Toilet)















(Photo: Another View)



















(Photo: User information)



















(Photo: Interior of the toilet- Sanitary Bin)















(Photo: Interior of the Toilet- Wash hand basin)















(Photo: fold able diaper changing Platform)

2. Chinatown in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
    
Toilet facilities  in the Shop house lot and this could be the solution for providing Toilets' facilities in the crowded or no space for construction of Public Toilets.















(Photo: Front View)















(Photo: Entrance to the Toilet)















(Photo: Toilet Cubicles)















(Photo: Washing Basins)















(Photo: OKU /handicap Toilet)


3. Cornwall Park (One Tree Hill ) in Auckland, New Zealand.

A similar concept of Public Toilet with Sibu Lake Garden Phase, Permai and it's a bit better cos' of the rain water harvesting facilities. It could be called a "dungeon" Toilet.

 
(Photo: Front View of the Toilet )















(Photo: Top View/Roof  of the "Dungeon" Toilet with bench )


(Photo: Entrance to Male Section of the Toilet)

(Photo: Enterance to the Female Section of the Toilet)

(Photo: Corridor into the Toilet)

(Photo: Rain water holding tank above the urinals)

(Photo: SS grille plateform for urinals)

Tuesday, July 6, 2010

National Toilet Expo & Forum (Natef) 2010 in Kuala Lumpur.



The season of the NATEF or National Toilet Expo & Forum 2010 is on and this time is back to the Klang Valley in the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur on 20th-21 July 2010 at Berjaya Times Square.It had been said that the annual function (NATEF) will be held outside the Klang Valley for 2 year and be back to HQ on the third year. Let's go and meet the toilets' experts and exhibitors of Sanitary products. Hear what's they are going to say ...all about toilets.

Registrations can be done online and log on to the QRAM website for the registration form at http://www.qram.org.my/natef or email info@qram.org.my