Jack Sim

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Jack Sim is the president of the Restroom Association of Singapore and the founder of the World Toilet Organization. Formerly in the construction industry, he left to found the Toilet Organization in 2001.[1] For "creating good will and bringing the subject into the open" and "mobilizing national support in providing on-the-ground expertise" he received the Schwab Foundation award for Social Entrepreneur of the Year, also in 2001.[2] As of Fall, 2007, he is assisting in the United Nations plans for the International Year of Sanitation in 2008.[3]

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  1. ^ "Singaporean Fights For Better Toilets Around the World," Voice of America October 27, 2007.[1]
  2. ^ Schwab Foundation Website.[2]
  3. ^ "World Toilet Czar Finds Beauty in Times Square," The New York Times November 21, 2007.[3]

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