Cleaning Sector News Today

Singapore News - A $580 basic toilet cleaning course on the SkillsFuture portal drew ridicule from netizens this week, but agencies said such classes were part of mandatory training requirements for cleaners. In response to queries, SkillsFuture Singapore and the National Environment Agency... Read more at www.tnp.sg

Timothy – Continuing the detailed anti-virus measures, the City of Timoteo, through the Ministries of Health, Works, Urban Services, Government and

Singapore News - Mechanical engineering graduate Tuan Dung Nguyen rolled up his sleeves and took an uncommon internship as a toilet cleaner to understand the nitty-gritty of the work. He applied for several stints to clean the loos at hospitals, hotels and the National University of... Read more at www.tnp.sg

Singapore News - As a cleaner for more than nine years, Ms Li Xiu Mei, 56, has seen it all. She has mopped up trails of faecal matter that has hardened on the toilet floor, unclogged toilets choked with waste left without flushing overnight and scraped off lumps of toilet paper stuck on the... Read more at www.tnp.sg

World News - How do you know whether your soap is indeed all natural and additive-free? If nothing happens to you after you eat it, as the chairman of a soap maker sought to demonstrate when he chomped on a soap bar to prove his point. In a viral video on Chinese social media... Read more at www.tnp.sg

World News - A street cleaner in Thailand has been feted for her honesty, earning praise and a special certificate of honour from local authorities on Wednesday, after she found and returned gold accessories worth nearly 200,000 baht (S$7,680) to its owner. Ms Ratree Chumwong, 55, was... Read more at www.tnp.sg

Singapore News - Singaporeans are taking more personal responsibility for keeping food spaces clean, says a new survey, with 95 per cent of all respondents returning their trays and crockery every time they ate at a coffee shop or hawker centre in 2022. This is a 46 per cent increase from... Read more at www.tnp.sg

Singapore News - Toilets located in public places were found to be cleaner in a recent survey, despite the lifting of Covid-19 restrictions which saw more people out and about. The National Environment Agency (NEA) said their survey showed that hawker centres, coffee shops and bus... Read more at www.tnp.sg

Singapore News - When American linguists Keri and Kelsi Matwick, who are twin sisters, came to Singapore in 2018, one thing that caught their eye was toilet etiquette posters featuring the use of comics. Dr Keri Matwick, a lecturer at the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) School... Read more at www.tnp.sg

The paper says maintaining the cleanliness of our surroundings have a profound positive effect on our health.. Read more at straitstimes.com.