SINGAPORE, June 1 — Singapore will embark on a major building programme for new foreign worker dormitories that will see 60,000 bed spaces ready by end of this year, according to the republic’s National Development Minister Lawrence Wong. “Our aim is to reduce the density of the dormitories,...
The vast majority of new cases are work permit holders residing in the foreign worker dormitories. — TODAY pic
“Our aim is to reduce the density of the dormitories, but also importantly to design new dormitories in a way that will be more resilient to public health risk particularly to the risk of pandemics as we learn from the Covid-19 experience,” he said during a virtual press conference on Covid-19 today.
Wong who is also the Co-Chair of The Multi-Ministry Taskforce on Covid-19 said these are temporary solutions because eventually these sites would have to be returned to their original uses, thus, a more sustainable solution is needed for new dormitory solutions. Meanwhile, Manpower Minister Josephine Teo said by today, around 40,000 migrant workers would have been cleared of Covid-19 infections and will be ready to get back to work.
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