This Sunday (Feb. 7), foreign workers will be able to enjoy the first ever virtual concert by migrant workers for migrant workers.
As part of a mini-carnival hosted by Transient Workers Count Too (TWC2), the Migrants Band Singapore will be appearing live via Facebook at 6pm.
The band, formed by foreign workers in Singapore, describes themselves on their Facebook page as being dedicated to entertaining migrant workers through music, theatre and poetry.
Physical carnival at Penjuru Recreation Centre
A physical carnival will also be held at the Penjuru Recreation Centre.
TWC2 noted that this is part of the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) s initiative for non-governmental organisations to engage workers in the recreation centres.
Saturday, 09 Jan 2021 08:33 AM MYT
Rahman Mohammad Hasibur, a Bangladeshi worker, has filed a claim for S$215,000 in damages for being falsely imprisoned in a room at Joylicious dormitory (pictured) for 43 hours and emotional distress suffered. ― TODAY pic
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SINGAPORE, Jan 9 A construction worker has sued his employer and dormitory operator for being forcibly locked up with about 20 other migrant workers after their roommate tested positive for Covid-19.
Rahman Mohammad Hasibur, a Bangladeshi, filed a claim last Monday (December 28) for S$215,000 (RM654,201) in damages for being falsely imprisoned in a dormitory room for 43 hours and emotional distress suffered.
Singapore When a country is being criticised, the reactions from its citizens can be very different.
On Thursday (Dec 17), the New York Times (NYT) published an article with the headline “As Singapore Ventures Back Out, Migrant Workers Are Kept In”. It said that as Singaporeans looked forward to more restrictions being eased with Phase 3 of the country’s reopening on Dec 28, its migrant workers would remain, for the most part, confined to their dormitories.
The writer, Jennifer Jett, quoted Mr Alex Au, the vice-president of Transient Workers Count Too, as pointing out that since almost half of the migrant workers were already showing immunity to the virus, based on the Ministry of Health update on Dec 14, they could be said to be safer than the rest of the population and that tighter restrictions on their movement made no sense.
Jennifer Jett, The New York Times
Published: 18 Dec 2020 10:43 AM BdST
Updated: 18 Dec 2020 10:43 AM BdST The S11 Dormitory, home to migrant workers, in the Tuas area of Singapore. THE NEW YORK TIMES Workers from Bangladesh and India look out of their balconies at Punggol S-11 workers dormitory, which was gazetted to be an isolation facility after it became a cluster of coronavirus cases (COVID-19), in Singapore April 6, 2020. REUTERS
On most days, there are zero new coronavirus cases among migrant workers in Singapore, who bore the brunt of the city-state’s outbreak this year. But as the government prepares for its final phase of reopening this month, those workers will not be part of it.