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Capital Modernizes 1,200 Toilets

2005/08/14

According to Xinhuanet, Beijing will launch the largest toilet revolution in its history this year to improve its environment and to make public toilets more pleasant for the increasing numbers of Chinese and overseas tourists.

Under a municipal plan, the city will upgrade 1,263 latrines within the Second Ring Road before the end of this year, said a spokesman with the urban construction management committee on July 28.

About 34.2 percent of the city's toilets have been modernized already; 432 of them are now available along downtown streets.

Beijing launched the massive project in early March to replace its notoriously fetid backstreet toilets with clean, well-maintained and modern fixtures.

The move is part of the city's efforts to prepare for the 2008 Olympic Games, Beijing Mayor Wang Qishan said.

A previous report said the city has spent US$29 million over the last three years on building or renovating 747 toilets at scenic spots



 
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