The New Paper Residents must provide their own bottles when collecting the sanitiser at the vending machines. PHOTO: TEMASEK FOUNDATION YEO SHU HUI
0 Engagements Hand sanitiser vending machines said to be the first of their kind in the world squirted into action across Singapore yesterday. Every household in the Republic is allowed to collect 500ml of zero-alcohol sanitiser for free. Madam Liong Lai Fong, 79, a retiree, visited Block 565 Choa Chu Kang Street 52 to pick hers up. The Temasek Foundation initiative - the second of its kind - uses machines that mix sanitiser concentrate with clean water and dispense the ready-to-use product into reusable bottles. The vending machines were designed by the foundation, which said they were the first in the world to automate the entire process.