The cleanest toilets in hawker centres and coffee shops were in Marina South, Outram and Boon Lay, said respondents. Read more at straitstimes.com.
SINGAPORE – More than 66 per cent of Singaporeans said public toilets in hawker centres and coffee shops either remain as dirty as they were three years ago, when a survey was last conducted, or “have become much dirtier”.Additionally, about 60 per cent of respondents also said that efforts in cleaning up toilets in hawker centres and coffee shops ranged from mostly to completely ineffective; only 6 per cent of Singaporeans were optimistic about the efficacy of clean-toilet campaigns.
Titled Waterloo, the nationwide study conducted from August to September 2023 interviewed over 9,400 Singaporeans on their perception of public toilets at hawker centres and coffee shops. The survey found that the perception of coffee shop toilets measured at 46.84 on the TCI, compared with a more positive perception of hawker centre toilets at 65.60. In 2020, the perception of coffee shop toilets measured at 46.35, and hawker centres at 58.23.
The dirtiest types of toilets were unisex, or shared toilets, rated at 36.14, a decline from 42.89 in 2020. The survey added that a large majority of these unisex toilets were located in coffee shops. Some 91.31 per cent of customers said toilets in hawker centres and coffee shops needed “major overhauling”, rating them as “dirty”. In contrast, 70 per cent of employees said that the degree of improvement needed was “moderate”.
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