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SINGAPORE – A multi-agency effort headed by the Manpower Ministry (MOM) helped around 2,000 employers properly house most of their Malaysian workers over the last three days, but a few had to spend the night at a re-purposed sports hall.
On Thursday (March 19), Minister for Culture, Community and Youth Grace Fu posted on Facebook that the workers were provided with basic necessities like toilet paper and a towel, as well as a sleeping bag.
The same day, a senior MOM official told reporters only a “small number” had to be housed at the facility in Jurong East Sports Hall.
In comparison, 10,000 were mostly put up in hotels.
Mr Lin Shilie, deputy director of planning and development branch within MOM’s foreign manpower management division, said the sports hall was a stop-gap measure and that his ministry had reached out to employers to arrange for proper lodging, such as hotels or dormitories.
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