Uproar over transparent public toilet doors

Compiled by TARRENCE TAN, JAROD LIM and R. ARAVINTHAN

A PUBLIC park in China has made the news for its transparent toilet doors, China Press reported.

The matter came to light when someone in Taiyuan city, Shanxi province, reported about the public toilets at a wetland park there.

Even when the door is closed, people can still see the goings-on inside the toilet.

A park cleaner confirmed the matter, saying the toilet had been in use for five months.

“I reported it to the authorities, but I was told that the glass doors are covered with frosted stickers,” the cleaner said.

A staff member of the wetland park revealed that he had received several complaints about the toilet and that he would raise the matter to the district government.

Local authorities said the toilets were not located within the park, but at an intersection.

> Her affair with a married man ended four years ago, but Hong Kong actress Jacqueline Wong revealed recently that she is still getting a lot of negative comments, Oriental Daily reported.

Wong, 34, said she had turned to Buddhism to seek comfort in dealing with the situation.

“When I was taking a break, (Hong Kong TV station) TVB invited me to discuss my future direction.

“However, I was very confused, and panicked and decided to leave Hong Kong,” she said.

This was her first public interview since the scandal broke out.

In 2019, Wong made headlines when she was caught cheating on her then-boyfriend TVB actor Kenneth Ma, with singer Andy Hui, who is married to pop diva Sammi Cheng.

Due to the intense publicity back then, she took a break for several months in the United States.

She returned to Hong Kong in December 2019.

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