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<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR>Workers raise food issue after crane operator's death
</TR><!-- headline one : end --><!-- Author --><TR><TD class="padlrt8 georgia11 darkgrey bold" colSpan=2>By Debbie Yong and Kimberley Lim
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<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"--><!-- more than 4 paragraphs -->The death of an Indian crane operator prompted 300 foreign workers to gather outside the PSA Building yesterday.
The contract workers, largely from India, are employed by PSA International as port operation workers and stay in a dormitory on Pulau Brani.
They had turned up in front of the building in Alexandra Road at about 9am yesterday, hoping to speak to their employer about a change in meal arrangements.
They believed that the worker's death last Friday was linked to the quality of meals served to them.
They each pay $110 monthly for three daily meals provided by external caterers engaged by PSA. All meals are taken in the dormitory's cafeteria or packed in boxes and taken to the workplace by the workers.
According to a PSA spokesman, the worker who died was resting in the dormitory when he complained of chest pains.
He was taken to hospital at about 2.30pm and pronounced dead at about 4.30pm. The cause was listed as a recurrent heart attack, added the spokesman.
A 26-year-old crane operator, who gave his name only as Raju, said he shared the same room as the deceased. The latter had taken his breakfast but skipped lunch that day. Apparently, forgoing meals was common as 'many don't like the taste of the food. We come from India and it is made differently from what we have at home', said Mr Raju.
The workers who turned up at the PSA Building later boarded buses to the nearby PSA Club where they were briefed by the management on the cause of the man's death.
The spokesman said the company was looking into changing catering options, including letting the workers buy their own food. The deceased's family in India has been informed and his body will be sent home this week.
</TR><!-- headline one : end --><!-- Author --><TR><TD class="padlrt8 georgia11 darkgrey bold" colSpan=2>By Debbie Yong and Kimberley Lim
</TD></TR><!-- show image if available --></TBODY></TABLE>
<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"--><!-- more than 4 paragraphs -->The death of an Indian crane operator prompted 300 foreign workers to gather outside the PSA Building yesterday.
The contract workers, largely from India, are employed by PSA International as port operation workers and stay in a dormitory on Pulau Brani.
They had turned up in front of the building in Alexandra Road at about 9am yesterday, hoping to speak to their employer about a change in meal arrangements.
They believed that the worker's death last Friday was linked to the quality of meals served to them.
They each pay $110 monthly for three daily meals provided by external caterers engaged by PSA. All meals are taken in the dormitory's cafeteria or packed in boxes and taken to the workplace by the workers.
According to a PSA spokesman, the worker who died was resting in the dormitory when he complained of chest pains.
He was taken to hospital at about 2.30pm and pronounced dead at about 4.30pm. The cause was listed as a recurrent heart attack, added the spokesman.
A 26-year-old crane operator, who gave his name only as Raju, said he shared the same room as the deceased. The latter had taken his breakfast but skipped lunch that day. Apparently, forgoing meals was common as 'many don't like the taste of the food. We come from India and it is made differently from what we have at home', said Mr Raju.
The workers who turned up at the PSA Building later boarded buses to the nearby PSA Club where they were briefed by the management on the cause of the man's death.
The spokesman said the company was looking into changing catering options, including letting the workers buy their own food. The deceased's family in India has been informed and his body will be sent home this week.