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Jeweller fulfils dream with golden toilet

 

A Hong Kong jeweller has fulfilled Lenin's dream by making a £3.4 million toilet

out of 24-carat gold.

 

The toilet bowls, wash basins, toilet brushes, toilet paper holders, mirror

frames, chandeliers and even wall tiles and doors are all made of solid gold.

 

 

 

Lam Sai-wing got the idea as a schoolboy on the Chinese mainland when he learned

that Lenin had wanted to make gold toilets for the public.

 

But Lenin might have been dismayed to find that the toilet is only for the use

of customers who spend more than £900 on jewellery.

 

Mr Lam calls it " a combination of my thoughts and ideals " .

 

The ceiling is decorated with ruby, sapphire, emerald and amber. Even the floor

on the doorway to the " ancient Roman-style " washroom is embedded with gold bars.

 

Lenin wrote about gold toilets in 1921, saying they would be useful reminders of

the waste of lives in wars between capitalist nations that killed millions.

 

Mr Lam came to Hong Kong from mainland China at age 22 and said his business

took off after he worshipped the goddess of mercy, Kuan Yin, at a temple on the

Kowloon Peninsula.

 

He now has a nine feet statue of the goddess - in pure gold, naturally - worth

HK$15 million (£1.3m).

 

Last updated: 10:27 Friday 23rd February 2001

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