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Even in the thick of a global pandemic, two men from very different worlds and backgrounds managed to find common ground and camaraderie in a…
View More Different worlds, same purpose: Police officer and foreign worker forge unlikely friendship amid Covid-19
When Mr Krishnan Hariharasudhan’s employer in Singapore lost its 40-year-long contract with an engine oil manufacturer in April, 110 employees, including him, were laid off.…
View More Migrant workers face joblessness, poverty on return to India, Bangladesh from Singapore
Miss Parti Liyani kept her trials and tribulations from her family for the past four years, not wanting them to be worried. She only apologised…
View More Ex-maid acquitted of stealing from CAG chairman says she kept legal troubles from her family for years
SINGAPORE – Migrant workers must continue to remain in their dormitories on their rest days as the second phase of Singapore’s reopening starts on Friday…
View More Migrant workers must stay in dorms on rest days in initial period of phase 2: MOM
SINGAPORE – Foreign domestic workers (FDWs) and other customers who want to send money overseas must now make appointments over the phone or online with…
View More Money remittance allowed only with prior appointment: MOM
SINGAPORE – Daily, foreign worker Wu Liyou would make a video call to Feidong county in Anhui province to chat with his family. The 41-year-old…
View More Family of Chinese migrant worker who died did not know he had Covid-19
SINGAPORE – Thirty-six unused state properties, including former schools, will be converted to temporary accommodation for migrant workers by the end of this year. The…
View More Former Serangoon JC and Innova JC among 36 properties to be converted into temporary housing for foreign workers
Swab tests are crucial in Singapore’s fight against Covid-19, and facilities in Tuas and Kranji have been working overtime to test workers for the past…
View More Ensuring swab facility runs like clockwork round the clock
SINGAPORE – Ministers and migrant worker groups alike paid tribute to the contributions of foreign workers on a very different May Day on Friday (May…
View More Groups pay tribute to migrant workers on May Day, companies show appreciation to staff
SINGAPORE – A video clip showing a man hanging at a stairwell was not recorded in Singapore, the Singapore Police Force said on Tuesday (April…
View More Video clip of man hanging at stairwell was not recorded in Singapore, say police
New sites will be developed with dormitories to house migrant workers who have recovered from Covid-19 and these will include longer-term facilities that will be…
View More Coronavirus: Plan for new sites to house recovered migrant workers
SINGAPORE – Some 10,600 migrant workers residing at factory-converted dormitories will be the first batch to get care packs containing masks, hand sanitiser, soap and…
View More Migrant workers in factory-converted dormitories to get care packs with masks, hand sanitiser, soap bars
A forum letter published in Chinese daily Lianhe Zaobao that linked the Covid-19 outbreak in dormitories to foreign workers’ personal hygiene and living habits showed…
View More Coronavirus: Letter on dorm cases xenophobic, says Shanmugam
SINGAPORE – Safe distancing must be observed in lorries used to ferry workers involved in essential services, the authorities said on Friday (April 10). In…
View More Coronavirus: Workers ferried in back of lorries must sit with 1m safe distance, say MOM, LTA