Singapore is probably the only country in the world that has the perennial problem of real nincompoops peeing where they shouldn’t. The problem has also been exacerbated by the increased entry in the number of people who probably never had to use or share public facilities with other people. I might be wrong, I dunno.
In any case, bulk of the problem also lies with the Town Council. My estate is managed by the Aljunied Town Council.
I hope they do something about this problem. Its ridiculous if not just plain stupid.
Btw – This is a note I wrote the Chairman and General Manager of the Town Council. Found their addresses at http://www.sgdi.gov.sg/
Dear All,
Good afternoon.
My fellow residents of Block 106 and I have had the rather unpleasant experience of using lifts that have been 'flooded' with urine.
Attached are two pictures - one of the UDD sign and the other of the wet mess.
Have the UDD's been turned off due to the upgrading works that are currently ongoing? If it is, it’s absurd (it’s like the CCTV cameras being turned off at Whitley Detention Centre!), the blame for the wet mess in the lifts should be shared with the Town Council as well.
Please do something about this. It’s ridiculous that as a 1st World country we continue to behave like we live in the 3rd World.
Please reactivate the UDDs and fine the imbeciles that do not know how to use public facilities.
Regards,
UPDATE -
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/345370/1/.html
More CCTVs to be installed to rid problem of urine in lifts in Aljunied GRC
By Lynda Hong, Channel NewsAsia | Posted: 03 May 2008 2314 hrs
SINGAPORE : The Aljunied Group Representation Constituency (GRC) plans to install more CCTVs under its "Zero Litter Campaign."
Urinating in most HDB lifts is a problem that's not as prevalent now as before, but the Aljunied GRC wants to fully rid the constituency of this irritation.
The area's "Zero Litter Campaign" was started last year but progress has been slow, so its Members of Parliament are urging the ward's 200,000 residents to play an active role in the campaign.
To solve the problem of urine in lifts, they are planning to install CCTVs in lifts and void decks.
Said Foreign Affairs Minister and Aljunied MP George Yeo: "The problem of urination and defecation in lifts is a very strange one. Why is it that in certain blocks (and) lifts, we have this persistent problem? And somehow, the culprits feel that they can get away with it.
"We have been cracking our heads how best to solve this problem. In the past, we had urine detectors. Some of them were mock ones, just to frighten people. It had not worked as well as it should. We've got to make examples... (that will have) deterrent effect." - CNA /ls
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