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The patrol is meant to allay the fears of residents after the influx of foreign workers into the area. -myp --></TD></TR><TR>
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NEW "rangers" may soon patrol the neighbourhood of Serangoon Gardens as more workers move into the new foreign workers' dormitory located there.
Dormitory residents, together with the residents of the estate, will team up to carry out these patrols.
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The dormitory, which started taking in workers this month, is being run on a five-year lease and can house about 600 male and female workers from the services and manufacturing sector.
The Ministry of National Development will consider increasing this figure to up to 1,000 workers.
Foreign workers involved in the programme will be taught basic security procedures and engagement skills with the residents, said Mr Yong Hua Yong, Serangoon Constituency Office's acting senior constituency manager.
"It will also provide a platform for contact between residents and dormitory residents, and create opportunities for them to get to know one another. If any issue crops up, this group of workers can assist," he said.
It is not known how many workers and residents will be roped into the programme.
Residents and community leaders have formed four sub-committees to oversee security, traffic, environment and community-engagement issues.
Residents whom my paper spoke to yesterday did not seem worried about security.
Madam Quek Chek Joon, 62, a housewife whose family initially protested against the dormitory's opening, said: "I don't think security patrols are necessary. The foreign workers have come from far away to work - they won't cause trouble."
Another resident, student Basil Chen, 23, agreed that the patrols were unne- cessary.
But if they were to be carried out, "the (patrollers) should wear uniforms or tags, so that they can be easily identified", he said.
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The patrol is meant to allay the fears of residents after the influx of foreign workers into the area. -myp --></TD></TR><TR>
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Dormitory residents, together with the residents of the estate, will team up to carry out these patrols.
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The dormitory, which started taking in workers this month, is being run on a five-year lease and can house about 600 male and female workers from the services and manufacturing sector.
The Ministry of National Development will consider increasing this figure to up to 1,000 workers.
Foreign workers involved in the programme will be taught basic security procedures and engagement skills with the residents, said Mr Yong Hua Yong, Serangoon Constituency Office's acting senior constituency manager.
"It will also provide a platform for contact between residents and dormitory residents, and create opportunities for them to get to know one another. If any issue crops up, this group of workers can assist," he said.
It is not known how many workers and residents will be roped into the programme.
Residents and community leaders have formed four sub-committees to oversee security, traffic, environment and community-engagement issues.
Residents whom my paper spoke to yesterday did not seem worried about security.
Madam Quek Chek Joon, 62, a housewife whose family initially protested against the dormitory's opening, said: "I don't think security patrols are necessary. The foreign workers have come from far away to work - they won't cause trouble."
Another resident, student Basil Chen, 23, agreed that the patrols were unne- cessary.
But if they were to be carried out, "the (patrollers) should wear uniforms or tags, so that they can be easily identified", he said.
[email protected]
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