in 10 foreign workers satisfied with working in Singapore: Survey
By Vimita Mohandas, Channel NewsAsia
POSTED: 07 Dec 2014 19:40
File photo of foreign workers at a construction site in Singapore. (Photo: AFP/Roslan Rahman)
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SINGAPORE: Nine in 10 foreign workers are generally satisfied with working in Singapore, according to a survey.
The survey was jointly commissioned by the Manpower Ministry and the Migrant Workers' Centre to get a better understanding of the employment conditions and well-being of foreign workers in Singapore. Its findings were highlighted by Manpower Minister Tan Chuan-Jin at the Migrant Worker's Centre's sixth International Migrants Day celebrations on Sunday (Dec 7).
The poll, conducted by an independent survey company between March and July this year, involved face-to-face interviews with about 3,500 work permit holders and 500 S Pass holders.
The majority of respondents – 85.7 per cent of work permit holders and 93.4 per cent of S Pass holders – would also recommend Singapore as a place to work.
Good pay, good working and living conditions, and sense of security were some of the commonly cited reasons.
More than seven in 10 foreign workers – 76.9 per cent of WP holders and 71.4 per cent of S Pass holders – planned to continue working with their current employers after their contracts have expired, according to the survey.
- CNA/cy
By Vimita Mohandas, Channel NewsAsia
POSTED: 07 Dec 2014 19:40
File photo of foreign workers at a construction site in Singapore. (Photo: AFP/Roslan Rahman)
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SINGAPORE: Nine in 10 foreign workers are generally satisfied with working in Singapore, according to a survey.
The survey was jointly commissioned by the Manpower Ministry and the Migrant Workers' Centre to get a better understanding of the employment conditions and well-being of foreign workers in Singapore. Its findings were highlighted by Manpower Minister Tan Chuan-Jin at the Migrant Worker's Centre's sixth International Migrants Day celebrations on Sunday (Dec 7).
The poll, conducted by an independent survey company between March and July this year, involved face-to-face interviews with about 3,500 work permit holders and 500 S Pass holders.
The majority of respondents – 85.7 per cent of work permit holders and 93.4 per cent of S Pass holders – would also recommend Singapore as a place to work.
Good pay, good working and living conditions, and sense of security were some of the commonly cited reasons.
More than seven in 10 foreign workers – 76.9 per cent of WP holders and 71.4 per cent of S Pass holders – planned to continue working with their current employers after their contracts have expired, according to the survey.
- CNA/cy
