Seven Wonders of... toilets? | Bangkok Post: breakingnews

Seven Wonders of... toilets?

Published: 12 Mar 2013 at 16.38
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The Airports of Thailand Pcl (AOT) announced plans Tuesday for a grandiose upgrade of Suvarnabhumi Airport's restroom facilities, to meet and surpass international standards.

A women inspects the newly renovate toilet in the airport. Photo by Pattanapong Hirunard.

AOT and SCG Construction Co, will push a theme of "Seven Wonders of Thailand" behind the hong nam doors, a project they said will impress visitors from around the world.

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banmebkk
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Discussion 7 : 15 Mar 2013 at 17.177
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7 toilets at a cost of 347 million baht. They better be made of gold. Why do Thai officials spend the tax payers money on the most useless things?
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Discussion 6 : 14 Mar 2013 at 22.046
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Does "meet and surpass international standards" mean one can throw toilet paper into the water-closets instead of buckets in the future? Or is it only the usual "beautification" without upgrading the cheapo upcountry-standard piping system?
@barryw: I have a strong suspicion they were planned and budgeted to meet international standards but officials and contractors involved in the construction decided that less would do...
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barryw
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Discussion 5 : 13 Mar 2013 at 07.455
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'The country’s premier airport also will upgrade the other 110 non-Wonder rest rooms with new facilities that meet international standards'. So why didn't they meet international standards when they were built?
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Discussion 4 : 13 Mar 2013 at 00.584
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Some backup power, backup radar and education for politeness for the immigration-officers would be a better investment.
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Discussion 3 : 12 Mar 2013 at 22.493
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3 million per toilet location which already had some toilets ?
Some govt. official have people in this business I bet. Check
the contracts carefully.
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Discussion 2 : 12 Mar 2013 at 21.232
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I once had a sales director and if someone came up with an idea would ask"will it sell more fridges"If the answer was" no" then forget it.Apply the same logic here.
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Discussion 1 : 12 Mar 2013 at 19.131
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I don't care to linger and look. As long as they are clean and smell OK, it's fine with me. You waste your money on guys like me.
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