Earlier, the media has reported 8 blocks of factory buildings in Tampines Industrial Park being used to house at least a thousand foreign workers (‘Factories used as ‘secret’ dorms for 1,000 FTs‘).
In the day, the factory buildings house motor vehicle workshops, furniture shops and warehouses but are turned into foreign worker dormitories when night falls.
The majority of the foreign workers are employees in the construction, manufacturing and electronics industries.
Everyday a large number of lorries can be seen to be driven to these factories to pick up and drop off the foreign workers at their workplace. Food packets specifically catered for the workers are left on the ground floor of each building twice a day for the workers to collect.
An unnamed director from a construction company that owns a warehouse at the factory building said, “There are a lot (dormitories) here. During their off day on Sunday, you can come and see for yourself.” He claimed that the foreign workers have their own dormitories, but choose to stay in the factory units.
These factory buildings actually belong to HDB and a HDB spokesman has confirmed with TNP that the buildings are for industrial use and are not to be converted into workers’ dormitories.
HDB is investigating the suspected misuse of the industrial premises at Tampines Industrial Park A and will take appropriate action, if there is evidence that the units had been misused,” he said.
He said that cases of misuse are not easily detected by HDB officers, especially for places which are not open in the day.
In order to house foreign workers, the dormitories have to be passed by various statutory boards. For example, they must meet fire and safety standards by the SCDF, building safety standards by the BCA, and proper sanitary and drainage standards by PUB.
The MOM website said that employers who do not ensure that their foreign workers are properly housed can be prosecuted under the Employment of Foreign Manpower Act. Infringement of this Act can result in a fine of up to $10,000 and/or jail term of up to 1 year.
Also, if a company is unable to meet these requirements, MOM will reconsider all of its future applications or renewal of work passes.
HDB comes under the purview of the Ministry of National Development.
If looks like while Minister of State for National Development, Desmond Lee, is busy attacking WP’s town council AHPETC in public, rats are running wild in his Jurong GRC and, employers and foreign workers are running amok using HDB industrial buildings as dormitories illegally.
Perhaps Mr Lee should tend to his own affairs first before spending time finding faults with opposition town council?
What do you think?
http://www.tremeritus.com/2015/01/02/what-is-lee-doing-about-illegal-ft-dorms-in-tampines/
In the day, the factory buildings house motor vehicle workshops, furniture shops and warehouses but are turned into foreign worker dormitories when night falls.
The majority of the foreign workers are employees in the construction, manufacturing and electronics industries.
Everyday a large number of lorries can be seen to be driven to these factories to pick up and drop off the foreign workers at their workplace. Food packets specifically catered for the workers are left on the ground floor of each building twice a day for the workers to collect.
An unnamed director from a construction company that owns a warehouse at the factory building said, “There are a lot (dormitories) here. During their off day on Sunday, you can come and see for yourself.” He claimed that the foreign workers have their own dormitories, but choose to stay in the factory units.
These factory buildings actually belong to HDB and a HDB spokesman has confirmed with TNP that the buildings are for industrial use and are not to be converted into workers’ dormitories.
HDB is investigating the suspected misuse of the industrial premises at Tampines Industrial Park A and will take appropriate action, if there is evidence that the units had been misused,” he said.
He said that cases of misuse are not easily detected by HDB officers, especially for places which are not open in the day.
In order to house foreign workers, the dormitories have to be passed by various statutory boards. For example, they must meet fire and safety standards by the SCDF, building safety standards by the BCA, and proper sanitary and drainage standards by PUB.
The MOM website said that employers who do not ensure that their foreign workers are properly housed can be prosecuted under the Employment of Foreign Manpower Act. Infringement of this Act can result in a fine of up to $10,000 and/or jail term of up to 1 year.
Also, if a company is unable to meet these requirements, MOM will reconsider all of its future applications or renewal of work passes.
HDB comes under the purview of the Ministry of National Development.
If looks like while Minister of State for National Development, Desmond Lee, is busy attacking WP’s town council AHPETC in public, rats are running wild in his Jurong GRC and, employers and foreign workers are running amok using HDB industrial buildings as dormitories illegally.
Perhaps Mr Lee should tend to his own affairs first before spending time finding faults with opposition town council?
What do you think?
http://www.tremeritus.com/2015/01/02/what-is-lee-doing-about-illegal-ft-dorms-in-tampines/
