Like St. Patrick clearing the Emerald Isle of snakes, so will Thailand’s Public Health Ministry soon clear the Kingdom of squat toilets. Or at least that’s their claim.
In a statement to the Cabinet yesterday, Deputy government spokesman Pakdihans Himathongkham outlined the Public Health Ministry’s plan to place Western style toilets in 90% of Thai households by 2016.
He also said that he would like to see 10% of Thailand’s public spaces outfitted with Western style toilets by that same year.
However, the Ministry’s past, bathroom-based initiatives have sometimes fallen flat. The Nation reports that in 2011, 55.47% of Thailand’s toilets met health and safety standards, a percentage short of the 60% goal the Ministry had set.
