An Orchard Road shopping mall has not only banned construction workers from using its public toilets, but also threatened them with fines and expulsion if they disobey."
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A spokesman for YTL Starhill Global Reit, which manages Wisma, defended the signs, [..] He said the restriction arose because shoppers complained about the workers showering in the toilets or washing their tools in the sinks.
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Barnsley, I had to cut down your quote. It was too extensive and could lead to legal issues.
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(I am also washing my tools in toilets from time to time, but in this case, it wouldn't be enough to convince the ST lawyers)
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(I am also washing my tools in toilets from time to time, but in this case, it wouldn't be enough to convince the ST lawyers)
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Indian Nationals at it again! 

To get there early is on time and showing up on time is late
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'Full-time volunteer Hoh Jian Yang, 26, spotted the signs while shopping at the mall last Sunday. He told The Straits Times he felt the signs were discriminatory.
He said: "Denying certain classes of people access to public amenities encourages the view that they are, in some way, lesser human beings.
"That these amenities were almost certainly constructed by workers themselves adds a new layer of perverse irony."'
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Well it looks like he really took that Coke advert on-board.
An Indian national in his 30s said: "There is a CCTV outside the toilets and if they see us go in, the penalty is to my company. So we cannot do it."
Both men declined to be named as they feared reprisals against their employers.

He said: "Denying certain classes of people access to public amenities encourages the view that they are, in some way, lesser human beings.
"That these amenities were almost certainly constructed by workers themselves adds a new layer of perverse irony."'
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Well it looks like he really took that Coke advert on-board.
An Indian national in his 30s said: "There is a CCTV outside the toilets and if they see us go in, the penalty is to my company. So we cannot do it."
Both men declined to be named as they feared reprisals against their employers.


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Only in Singapore would news like this end up being discussed around the world....
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'Singapore Contractors Association president Kenneth Loo said it was the mall owner's prerogative not to have workers using the same toilets as customers, but there might be a cost factor involved in sending them to a toilet not close by. "If the worker has to walk very far, then you lose productivity."
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'Singapore Contractors Association president Kenneth Loo said it was the mall owner's prerogative not to have workers using the same toilets as customers, but there might be a cost factor involved in sending them to a toilet not close by. "If the worker has to walk very far, then you lose productivity."
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x9200 wrote:Barnsley, I had to cut down your quote. It was too extensive and could lead to legal issues.
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(I am also washing my tools in toilets from time to time, but in this case, it wouldn't be enough to convince the ST lawyers)
Can you put the funny bit back about "washing their tools in the sink"



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A Kenneth Loo talking about workmen washing their tools in the sink in a forbidden toilet.
How much more hilarious does this get?
How much more hilarious does this get?
To get there early is on time and showing up on time is late
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Irony; they'll never get it.
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What was his name again?
...I'll get my coat.....
...I'll get my coat.....
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His first choice for his Western name was John.Brah wrote:What was his name again?
...I'll get my coat.....
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Done.Barnsley wrote:Can you put the funny bit back about "washing their tools in the sink"![]()
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Kinda like Peter North.....nakatago wrote:His first choice for his Western name was John.Brah wrote:What was his name again?
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And the guy who thought Peter Pan was a wash basin in a whorehouse.Brah wrote:Kinda like Peter North.....nakatago wrote:His first choice for his Western name was John.Brah wrote:What was his name again?
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He said the restriction arose because shoppers complained about the workers showering in the toilets or washing their tools in the sinks.
is this the same guy with the "Olympic golden shower"?
is this the same guy with the "Olympic golden shower"?
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Time to queue up...He said the restriction arose because shoppers complained about the workers... washing their tools in the sinks.
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