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Tuesday, 10th July 2007 (4027 views)

Hong Kong is home to the world's most expensive gold toilet, it has been reported.

The Star reveals that the Expo Global Tourist Exhibition Hall in Hong Kong plays host to the world's most expensive gold and jewellery sparkling environmentally friendly washroom-cum-world's most expensive gold toilet.

Arranged by Lam Sai-Wing, Hong Kong-listed Hang Fung Gold Technology, the washroom features a solid gold toilet, gold toilet paper dispenser, gold basin, gold waste bin and air-conditioning cabinet.

"The entire washroom required 380 kg of pure gold and 6,200 gemstones. In 2001, it cost HK $38 million and is now worth HK $80 million. This is truly one of the wonders of the modern world," Stella Lai, Global Expo's spokeswoman told the newspaper.

According to Ms Lai, the bathroom's designer Lam Sai-Wing was inspired by a quotation from Lenin who dreamed of celebrating the communist revolution by building toilets of gold.

 

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