Singapore's Happy Toilets, thanks to the young"When you pee … don’t play a fool!” may not be the best way to greet your VIP, but that's what some 100 pre-schoolers did when Singapore's Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan dropped by their kindergarten at the launch of the “Happy Toilet School Education for Pre-schools (HTSEP)” programme.
The idea may stink to some, but considering the number of health risks on the rise, getting the young to learn good habits can't go to waste.
The HTSEP programme includes the latest initiative, which is a "Loo Rap" reminding children, "For clean and healthy, lovely loos, here are some things you should do." There's also a “Wash Your Hands to Fight Nasty Germs” jingle which teaches pre-schoolers the proper way to wash their hands.
The agent of change is the Singapore's Restroom Association(RAS).
Explaining the need for the programme, its President Ms Tan Puay Hoon said "Besides instilling the right social values in these young children,the HTSEP hopes to reduce the risk of communicable diseases such as Hand,Foot & Mouth Disease (HFMD) and gastric flu in the pre-school community.”
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