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Through the Migrant Workers' Centre, Chinese hotel workers Cara Wu, 20, and Wayne Huang, 30, learnt basic conversational English while Bangladeshi construction worker Alam Hossein, 29, learnt about road safety in Singapore. -- ST PHOTO: MUGILAN RAJASEGERAN
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<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"--><!-- more than 4 paragraphs -->SINGAPORE'S foreign workers have reacted positively to the launch of the Migrant Workers' Centre (MWC) since its opening in April.
More than 350 such workers from various countries have approached the centre for advice and assistance.
A joint effort by unions and employers to assist, educate and integrate migrant workers, the MWC moved into its new home in Rangoon Road yesterday from the temporary premises it had been occupying in the past four months.
MWC co-chairman Yeo Guat Kwang said: 'We want to help them better understand our culture and customs, so they can be better socially integrated.'
MWC has also joined forces with the NTUC LearningHub to provide workers with basic English language training at subsidised course fees. It hopes to train at least 1,000 workers by March next year.
Ms Cara Wu, 20, who works in the hotel industry, has attended four classes of a 36-hour course and is already feeling the benefits. 'Before attending class, it was very difficult to communicate with customers. Now, I know some basic English phrases,' said Ms Wu, who arrived here from China last year.
MWC also organised an outing last month for 100 migrant workers to the Road Safety Community Park to familiarise them with traffic rules and the dos and don'ts of being a lorry passenger.
One non-governmental organisation (NGO) that assists migrant workers said the setting up of the MWC was long overdue, noting there are now about 870,000 work permit holders in Singapore.
'There are very few groups that are catering to their needs, and the NGOs are really stretched. We hope more will come forward to assist,' said Humanitarian Organisation for Migrant Economics executive director Jolovan Wham.
Currently funded by the tripartite alliance of Government, employers and unions, MWC will also solicit donations to set up a relief fund for migrant workers.
[email protected]
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Through the Migrant Workers' Centre, Chinese hotel workers Cara Wu, 20, and Wayne Huang, 30, learnt basic conversational English while Bangladeshi construction worker Alam Hossein, 29, learnt about road safety in Singapore. -- ST PHOTO: MUGILAN RAJASEGERAN
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<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"--><!-- more than 4 paragraphs -->SINGAPORE'S foreign workers have reacted positively to the launch of the Migrant Workers' Centre (MWC) since its opening in April.
More than 350 such workers from various countries have approached the centre for advice and assistance.
A joint effort by unions and employers to assist, educate and integrate migrant workers, the MWC moved into its new home in Rangoon Road yesterday from the temporary premises it had been occupying in the past four months.
MWC co-chairman Yeo Guat Kwang said: 'We want to help them better understand our culture and customs, so they can be better socially integrated.'
MWC has also joined forces with the NTUC LearningHub to provide workers with basic English language training at subsidised course fees. It hopes to train at least 1,000 workers by March next year.
Ms Cara Wu, 20, who works in the hotel industry, has attended four classes of a 36-hour course and is already feeling the benefits. 'Before attending class, it was very difficult to communicate with customers. Now, I know some basic English phrases,' said Ms Wu, who arrived here from China last year.
MWC also organised an outing last month for 100 migrant workers to the Road Safety Community Park to familiarise them with traffic rules and the dos and don'ts of being a lorry passenger.
One non-governmental organisation (NGO) that assists migrant workers said the setting up of the MWC was long overdue, noting there are now about 870,000 work permit holders in Singapore.
'There are very few groups that are catering to their needs, and the NGOs are really stretched. We hope more will come forward to assist,' said Humanitarian Organisation for Migrant Economics executive director Jolovan Wham.
Currently funded by the tripartite alliance of Government, employers and unions, MWC will also solicit donations to set up a relief fund for migrant workers.
[email protected]
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