$A18 to spend a penny in Chinese city PEOPLE with a poor aim will be fined for missing their mark while using public toilets in the Chinese city of Shenzhen, officials say. The penalty will apply to those who urinate outside the bowl of facilities in the southern boom town, which neighbours Hong Kong. However, draft regulations don't apparently specify a minimum quantity of spillage required to be classed as a violation. "Such uncouth use of a public toilet will be fined 100 yuan ($A17.65) by authorities" from next month, a city government official told AFP on Tuesday. Users of China's rumbustious weibo social networks are pouring scorn on the measures, raising the prospect of hordes of toilet inspectors being deployed to inspect performance. A number of new civil servant positions will be created. There will be a supervisor behind every urinating person to see whether the pee is straight," wrote one poster. Another added: "Very good measures. I expect they can create 20 jobs on average for every public toilet. Officials with the department responsible for details of the rules could not immediately be reached for comment on Tuesday. The measures have also provoked more considered debate, with one user arguing: "It's better to have no rule than a rule that cannot be implemented." The Beijing Times carried a commentary calling into question the necessity of making a law on something that "can be simply guided by social consensus."