[h=2]Bengawan Solo regrets discriminatory job ad[/h]
May 23rd, 2014 |
Author: Editorial
A reader sent the following photo to TRE today (23 May):
The reader was at Parkway Parade shopping centre in Marine Parade this
afternoon when he saw the above advertisement put up by a Bengawan Solo outlet
there.
A check on the Bengawan Solo website [Link] shows that it does
indeed have an outlet at Parkway Parade:
Parkway Parade (Marine Parade)
80 Marine Parade Road
#B1-78/79
Tel:
6345 6905 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting
6345 6905 FREE end_of_the_skype_highlighting
Business
Hours: 10am – 10pm Daily
The reader angrily said, “I was at Parkway Parade this afternoon and saw this
advertisement pasted on their shop front. Begawan Solo should be taken to task
by MOM for their discrimination!”
“Their shop is at the basement of the shopping mall. Can you please kindly
keep MOM posted on this matter,” the reader requested.
The photo showed a walk-in job advertisement asking Malaysians only to apply.
The outlet is looking for supervisors and sales assistants (part-time or
full-time).
TRE did not alert MOM but wrote to Bengawan Solo for comment instead at
6:17pm. An hour later at 7:18pm, TRE received a formal reply from Bengawan
Solo.
In its reply, Mr Liew from Bengawan Solo said that it was the Marine Parade
outlet which added the preference for Malaysians without the knowledge and
approval of the management. The original poster issued by the Head Office does
not contain any preference for any nationality.
From the photo above, it does seem that someone has pasted a piece of paper
with the word “Malaysian” on the poster.
Mr Liew said he has instructed the Marine Parade outlet to take down the
poster immediately. He said, “We deeply regret that this was done and does not
in any way reflect our hiring policies and practices.”
It is not known if the head office of Bengawan Solo will send someone down to
the Marine Parade outlet to investigate the matter further.
Bengawan Solo’s reply is produced in full below:
From: Henry Liew <[email protected]
>
Date: Fri, May 23, 2014 at 7:18 PM
Subject: RE: TRE Contact:
Discrimination against Singaporean
Thank you for your email, this was done without the knowledge and approval of
the management and I have instructed the concerned outlet to take it down
immediately. Our original recruitment poster issued by the Head Office does not
contain any preference for any nationality and it was added at the outlet
without the knowledge and approval of the management. We deeply regret that this
was done and does not in any way reflect our hiring policies and practices.
We absolutely do not discriminate against anyone in our recruitment policies
and we are very keen to hire anyone, based solely on their suitability for the
job position.
Thank you very much for alerting us to this and we trust this clarifies our
hiring policies and practices.
Thank you.
Best regards
Henry Liew
Bengawan Solo Pte Ltd
A reader sent the following photo to TRE today (23 May):
The reader was at Parkway Parade shopping centre in Marine Parade this
afternoon when he saw the above advertisement put up by a Bengawan Solo outlet
there.
A check on the Bengawan Solo website [Link] shows that it does
indeed have an outlet at Parkway Parade:
Parkway Parade (Marine Parade)
80 Marine Parade Road
#B1-78/79
Tel:
6345 6905 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting
Business
Hours: 10am – 10pm Daily
advertisement pasted on their shop front. Begawan Solo should be taken to task
by MOM for their discrimination!”
“Their shop is at the basement of the shopping mall. Can you please kindly
keep MOM posted on this matter,” the reader requested.
The photo showed a walk-in job advertisement asking Malaysians only to apply.
The outlet is looking for supervisors and sales assistants (part-time or
full-time).
TRE did not alert MOM but wrote to Bengawan Solo for comment instead at
6:17pm. An hour later at 7:18pm, TRE received a formal reply from Bengawan
Solo.
In its reply, Mr Liew from Bengawan Solo said that it was the Marine Parade
outlet which added the preference for Malaysians without the knowledge and
approval of the management. The original poster issued by the Head Office does
not contain any preference for any nationality.
From the photo above, it does seem that someone has pasted a piece of paper
with the word “Malaysian” on the poster.
Mr Liew said he has instructed the Marine Parade outlet to take down the
poster immediately. He said, “We deeply regret that this was done and does not
in any way reflect our hiring policies and practices.”
It is not known if the head office of Bengawan Solo will send someone down to
the Marine Parade outlet to investigate the matter further.
Bengawan Solo’s reply is produced in full below:
From: Henry Liew <[email protected]
>
Date: Fri, May 23, 2014 at 7:18 PM
Subject: RE: TRE Contact:
Discrimination against Singaporean
Thank you for your email, this was done without the knowledge and approval of
the management and I have instructed the concerned outlet to take it down
immediately. Our original recruitment poster issued by the Head Office does not
contain any preference for any nationality and it was added at the outlet
without the knowledge and approval of the management. We deeply regret that this
was done and does not in any way reflect our hiring policies and practices.
We absolutely do not discriminate against anyone in our recruitment policies
and we are very keen to hire anyone, based solely on their suitability for the
job position.
Thank you very much for alerting us to this and we trust this clarifies our
hiring policies and practices.
Thank you.
Best regards
Henry Liew
Bengawan Solo Pte Ltd
