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She points out that other than the
big rubbish bin, smaller ones are
also available in each of the four
toilet cubicles.

Chan is also upset by her peers’ be-
haviour when flushing water sup-
ply was suspended in November

2022.

Resident tutors have posted notices to remind students to be “I don’t understand why people
considerate. do not flush the toilet. Why would

they expect someone to flush for
“We could not stand the smell any- shares Shum’s experience. them? I wanted to go to the toilet
more. There were also stains on after class but I could not find a
the toilet bowl so we decided to She is particularly frustrated by the clean one on my floor, UG and first

carry out this ‘big job’. We used a situation in the bathroom on her floor. It was a nightmare!” she says.
clip to hold wet wipes to clean the floor that is shared by 60 students.
toilet bowl. The primary aim of the She ended up walking ten minutes
washing was to remove the stains,” “We have a big rubbish bin in the to the toilet in the University Li-

Shum recalls the first time clean- bathroom but it is always full. I brary from her dorm to answer the
ing this year. have seen used sanitary pads on call of nature.
the floor near the bin two to three
“We did not wash it thoroughly times. Is it so difficult to throw The university student is also

as we are too afraid of dirtiness. I their rubbish into another bin by troubled by noise problems in her
hope we will not have to wash it walking a few more steps?” the dorm.
before the end of semester in May,” year one Linguistics student says.

she says.
“

“Most residents also do not clean
their bathroom because of lazi- They may think that no one would find out
ness,” she adds.
who has messed up toilets and common

Jolene Chan*, a student living in areas so they are free from responsibilities,
Wu Yee Sun College at the Chinese

University of Hong Kong (CUHK), ”