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Singapore Plans Centres Outside City for Migrant Workers

May 6, 2014 by Admin Leave a Comment

  • A rare riot in the jam packed Little India district in Singapore last year has given way to build recreation centers in suburbs.
  • Singapore government is managing the multi-million dollar centers where foreign workers congregate after the rampage by South Asian labourers.
  • These new centres will be built next to dormitories sited in industrial and is an  alternative meeting for workers on their rest days.
  • Currently four such centres are there in the industrial zones and the proposed new centerw will have sports, supermarkets and internet cafes etc
  • Minister of Manpower Tan Chuan-Jin had first announced the new centres in January, in the aftermath of the Little India riot, which sharply brought into focus the way the wealthy city-state manages its nearly one million low-paid foreign workers.
  • Singapore has a total population of 5.4 million, but only 3.84 million are citizens and permanent residents.
  • Read at:  http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-opinion/singapore-plans-centres-outside-city-for-migrant-workers-report/article5980514.ece

Exams Perspective:

  1. Indian Diaspora
  2. Labour Welfare Measures

Filed Under: Current Affairs, National Tagged With: Build recreation centers in suburbs., India district in Singapore last year, Indian Diaspora Labour, low-paid foreign workers, Rampage by South Asian labourers, Welfare Measures

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