91.   For years residents lacked indoor plumbing so they had to rely on public toilets.

92.   Foreign tourists loathe the public toilets, and some go to great lengths to avoid having to deal with the call of nature away from their hotel rooms.

93.   For years, city officials have debated whether to install public toilets.

94.   He said all councillors would be given a checklist requiring them to check the cleanliness of public toilets, bus stops, main roads and other public amenities.

95.   He said City Hall would be conducting regular checks to ensure that public toilets were maintained.

96.   He said local authorities would be coming down hard on shopping complexes and building managements which did not maintain public toilets in their premises.

97.   He said the department was also planning to build a public toilet and provide more litter bins.

98.   He said the department had embarked on surprise visits to public toilets with C and D ratings, the lowest on the four grade system.

99.   He said among the complaints received from the public was the absence of a hawker centre and public toilet.

100.   He said existing City Hall public toilets would be torn down and replaced with the standard toilets.