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Falling 3 metres, Homun feels he's a marked target, part 2
By Elizabeth Zhou Continued from Part 1. That night, Homun went out for a walk to clear his head. And as it was with Kamal’s plot, someone was following him – once again, he was Indian. He recognized him as the building’s security. Would he be told he would be sent home as soon as...
Falling 3 metres, Homun feels he's a marked target, part 1
By Elizabeth Zhou Getting injured is a foreign worker’s greatest nightmare. Monday, 5 May 2014. The evening was humid. Sweat gathered on his forehead and trickled down his side-burns. Homun adjusted his helmet and readied himself for a bit more work. It was almost time to go home. Then he plunged three metres, and found...
Singaporean concerned about workers with nowhere to sleep
The above photo came into TWC2′s email box one day in June 2014. Taken around 7am and sent to us by a Singaporean resident in a block of apartments, it shows 25 – 30 foreign workers sleeping in a pavilion amid a housing estate. She told us that she was concerned about them. It didn’t...
Foreign worker levy and the release worker
Foreign worker levy rates have been rising in recent years and the trend continues through 2014 and 2015. The present rate for unskilled construction workers who are hired beyond the employer’s MYE (Man Year Entitlement) rose from $750 to $950/month in July 2014, and will reach to $1050/month in July 2015. The Straits Times quotes...
Two domestic workers sexually assaulted, part 2
9:30am — the phone rang. On the line was a TWC2 volunteer telling us about a Filipina domestic worker Mercedes (not her real name) who was crying for help in a shopping mall. We advised the volunteer to send Mercedes to our office as soon as the worker had calmed down. When she arrived at...
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OUTREACH TO WORKERS
The next outreach to workers will be held on Sunday, 20 July 2014, late afternoon. If you can join us to help, please contact the Administration Officer at info@twc2.org.sg, giving your email the header “Would like to help with outreach”.
VOLUNTEERING?
If you are interested in helping with the cause, please come to the next Heartbeat — information briefing for potential volunteers. It will be on Wednesday, 13 August 2014 at 7:30pm. To register for limited seats, please contact the Administration Officer at info@twc2.org.sg.
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http://twc2.org.sg/getinvolved/volunteer/
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