Happenings

23 10, 2013

Workers turn flash mob at Yale-NUS College

Volunteer Writing Team2019-08-30T16:34:16+08:00October 23rd, 2013|Articles, Happenings|

By TK “The students had a blast!" said Professor Anju Mary Paul. "Their interactions with the workers both in Little India and today have fundamentally changed their views about migrant workers in Singapore.” Paul is from Yale-NUS College's Division of Social Sciences, and was speaking to TWC2 after the college hosted a visit by migrant

14 10, 2013

Television’s a treat

Volunteer Writing Team2019-08-30T16:34:17+08:00October 14th, 2013|Articles, Happenings|

By T K “Photo photo”, the men called out to the TWC2 volunteers to help take pictures, as they lined up beside the movie director, chests out, shoulders squared and faces to the lens. This was at the screening of "Television (2012)" by Bangladeshi film director Mostofa Sarwar Farooki. The film was among several in the listing

9 10, 2013

65 percent of injured and salary-claim workers threatened with premature repatriation

webmaster2019-08-30T16:34:17+08:00October 9th, 2013|Articles, Facts, research, analysis, Happenings|

For both groups -- those regularly working and those with injury and salary claims-- the threat of premature repatriation creates a lot of stress. It is the most important stress factor among working workers, and the second-most important, after being injured, among injured and salary-claim workers. Having uncleared debts incurred in agents fees also hung

6 10, 2013

Support TWC2 through our Lunch with Heart, 15 December 2013

webmaster2019-08-30T16:34:17+08:00October 6th, 2013|Articles, Happenings|

Update, 29 November 2013: TWC2 wishes to thank donors for buying enough tickets to fill the 140-capacity venue. Of these, 50 tickets (already sold and allocated) will be used by the donors themselves and the remaining 90 are sponsored tickets for workers to enjoy the lunch. In fact another 54 sponsored tickets have been sold

29 09, 2013

To combat low spirits, TWC2 takes workers to fly kites high

webmaster2019-08-30T16:34:17+08:00September 29th, 2013|Articles, Happenings|

It was a bright, breezy day with blue skies. Just perfect for kite-flying. Discover Singapore brought twenty-one workers on 31 August 2013 to the Promontory at Marina Bay, taking advantage of the advertised Kite-Flying Festival. TWC2 volunteers Irene, Emily, Steven and Terence organised and led the group, with friends Kee Wee and Karan joining in. Discover

26 08, 2013

Movie treat: Ilo Ilo

webmaster2019-08-30T16:34:19+08:00August 26th, 2013|Articles, Happenings|

Happy voices in Bahasa Indonesia and Filipino filled the lobby of Golden Village Tiong Bahru cinemas on Sunday, 25 Aug 2013, as members of the TWC2 family came together for a screening of Ilo Ilo. This first feature film by Singapore director Anthony Chen won the Camera d'Or at Cannes earlier this year in May.

21 08, 2013

So this is barbecue

GuestContributor2019-08-30T16:34:19+08:00August 21st, 2013|Articles, Happenings|

By Terence Kek “So this is ‘barbecue’! This is the first time we have barbecue and it is nice!” Nazimul, mumbles happily, in between mouthfuls of perfectly grilled food – which includes the fish they caught that same afternoon. This is the fifth outing organized by TWC2 Discover Singapore. The day began with two hours of

17 07, 2013

Korean students visit TWC2 researching housing for workers

webmaster2019-08-30T16:34:51+08:00July 17th, 2013|Articles, Happenings|

Early July 2013, a group of seven post-graduates from Seoul National University visited Transient Workers Count Too. They were in Singapore for a week for field work related to research on the subject of housing of migrant workers -- their chosen topic for their masters dissertation in urban planning. TWC2 vice-president Alex Au (back to

30 05, 2013

TWC2 volunteers organise maiden ‘Discovery’ to Gardens by the Bay

Volunteer Writing Team2019-08-30T16:34:53+08:00May 30th, 2013|Articles, Happenings|

By TK Khurshed, a migrant worker who had injured his back eight months ago, shared bashfully: “I am going to write a letter and send the photos to my wife.” This would be his very first letter home after working in Singapore for three years! He wants to share this “good-good and everything-very-nice” Gardens by

20 05, 2013

Not one among 500 workers could read his IPA

alex2019-08-30T16:34:53+08:00May 20th, 2013|Articles, Happenings|

"How many of you received the Chinese-language version of the letter from your employment agent?" asked TWC2 social worker Kenneth Soh soon after commencing his talk to Chinese workers. He was referring to the Ministry of Manpower's In-principle Approval for a Work Permit (IPA), a document that a worker had to have in hand upon