Migrant workers play a critical role in Singapore’s economy and in infrastructural development projects.
The scale of Covid-19 infections within the community has led Singaporeans to look closer at the working and living conditions of migrant workers, and how the broader Singaporean society relates to this community.
- What is the current state of care for the different segments of migrant workers and what more should be done to secure their well-being?
- Looking beyond the current healthcare crisis, what are the changes to manpower policy and economic strategy that should be explored?
Here's the
result of the online poll by OPPI, which provided a sense of what some 240 participants felt about migrant worker issues.
To read the summary of the event, click
here.
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• Presentation Slides of Dr Mathew Mathews
• Presentation Slides of Associate Professor Jeremy Lim
• Presentation Slides of Associate Professor Walter Theseira
Media Coverage
• CNA938. 2020. Singapore Today with Lance Alexander and Melanie Oliveiro. 07 May.
• Mothership.sg. 2020. NMP Walter Theseira: S'poreans have 'ethical duty' to treat migrant workers better. 06 May.
• Phoenix TV. 2020.新加坡部長: 政府採取措施照顧外勞. 07 May.
• Shin Min Daily News. 2020. 客工福利组织：6月和7月料更多客工失业. 07 May.
• The New Paper. 2020. Virus spread in dorms not just down to poor conditions: Tan Chuan-Jin. 08 May.
• The Straits Times. 2020. Structural and mindset changes needed to improve wages and living conditions of foreign workers, say analysts. 06 May.
• The Straits Times. 2020. Coronavirus: Bettering migrant workers' lives calls for whole-of-society effort, say experts. 08 May.
• The Straits Times. 2020. Coronavirus: Conditions in dorms not main reason for clusters, says Tan Chuan-Jin. 08 May.
• TODAY. 2020. Govt, businesses and society need honest discussion on migrant worker issues: Panel. 07 May.
• TODAY. 2020. The Big Read: Solving S’pore’s foreign workers problem requires serious soul searching, from top to bottom. 09 May.
• Yahoo! News Singapore. 2020. Improving migrant workers' conditions must involve every segment of society: experts. 08 May.
• 8World. 2020. 学者：摒弃 “邻避” 心态 迈向改善客工住宿. 07 May.