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BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) -- Thailand plans to upgrade hygiene in its public toilets to meet international standards as it prepares to host the World Toilet Summit next year, a health official said Wednesday.

"Toilets are very important for the country's image in the eyes of visitors," said Somyos Chareonsak, a senior official of the Public Health Ministry.

The conference is to be held in May 2006.

The first summit, organized by the World Toilet Organization, was held in 2001 in Singapore. China, where toilet facilities are often in need of upgrades, hosted one last year
Topics discussed at the meetings include toilet design and technology, toilet management and hygiene and energy-saving measures
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Alan Stepney · Centurion Joined: 05 Nov 2004 Posts: 853 Location:

I suppose if it works, they will be flushed with success.

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Mike · Site Admin Joined: 07 Sep 2004 Posts: 4512 Location:

Don't they offer degrees in Toilet Management over at Flushing Meadows U? and Masters degrees in sewage disposal?
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tomv · Joined: 21 Apr 2005 Posts: 7 Location:

It would certainly be interesting to know the views
of the visitors to Thailand when they see the squat toilets
or the footprints on the seats of western style toilets. And,
even more amazing would be views of visitors who walk
by Sukhumvit Soi 6 and see the newly constructed shacks
and the effluent leaking under the fence onto the soi. fart