12 01, 2014

A wild day at the zoo

2019-08-30T16:34:10+08:00January 12th, 2014|Articles, Happenings|

By Terence Kek The Straits Times featured TWC2's Discover Singapore project in its edition of 29 December 2013. Their photographer Desmond Foo followed the group on our zoo outing the day before to capture some pictures. Click the thumbnail at right for Straits Times' feature story. Publicity in the Straits Times is a bonus; the

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12 01, 2014

Trafficking easier to identify if migrant labour in general is treated better

2019-08-30T16:34:10+08:00January 12th, 2014|Articles, Happenings, News, Our Stand|

Former president of Transient Workers Count Too, John Gee, spoke at the NUS Human Trafficking Conference on 10 January 2014. Others on the panel included Kandhavel Periyasamy (Joint Ops Director, Ministry of Manpower), Jolovan Wham (Workfair Singapore) and two students from Singapore Management University who recently did a project relating to trafficking. John's paper was titled:  Migrants

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1 01, 2014

What’s this lorry doing here?

2019-08-30T16:34:11+08:00January 1st, 2014|Articles, Happenings|

Michelle Ngern with some delighted and grateful workers A lorry pulled up outside our free meals station on Friday evening, 27 December 2013. It had some eye-catching cargo, loaded as it was with colourful bags. What's going on? The bags were soon unloaded and distributed to workers registered with TWC2's Cuff Road Project.

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30 12, 2013

Bollywood for the boys

2019-08-30T16:34:11+08:00December 30th, 2013|Articles, Happenings|

By Terence Kek They danced into the night. It was also Harun's last participation in a Discover Singapore event. "Discover Singapore is very good," he says. "It helps to take away the pain, worry and unhappy thoughts". Harun will be going home the week after, his injury compensation case finally resolved after a ridiculously long wait

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28 12, 2013

Thanks for your donations 2013

2019-08-30T16:34:11+08:00December 28th, 2013|Articles, Happenings|

A well-wisher slipped a $100 bill under front door over the weekend, together with a short note. Thank you very much. He signed the note and we have emailed him personally with our appreciation. We take this opportunity also to thank all our other donors, small and big, for their support through 2013. Most donations

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24 12, 2013

“We allow legal exploitation,” says TWC2 president at forum

2019-08-30T16:34:12+08:00December 24th, 2013|Articles, Happenings, News, Our Stand|

The panel comprised (L-R) Braema Mathi (Maruah), Russell Heng (TWC2), Siew Kum Hong (Maruah/moderator), Jolovan Wham (Workfair) and Vincent Law (Healthserve) TWC2 president Russell Heng spoke for the organisation at a public forum 'Foreign workers, justice and fairness', organised by human rights group Maruah on 23 December 2013. To the 100-strong audience, in

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16 12, 2013

TWC2 celebrates International Migrants Day 2013 with ‘Lunch with Heart’

2019-08-30T16:34:12+08:00December 16th, 2013|Articles, Happenings|

TWC2's 2013 benefit event Lunch with Heart, coinciding with International Migrants Day, began a minute's silence in remembrance of Sakthivel Kumaravelu, the man who was killed in a bus accident last Sunday night (8 Dec 2013). Coincidentally, the event (at Apollo Banana Leaf Restaurant) was held but a stone's throw from where the incident took

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15 12, 2013

Talk at European Union Human Rights Day seminar

2019-08-30T16:34:12+08:00December 15th, 2013|Articles, Happenings, News, Our Stand|

Below is the short talk TWC2 vice-president Alex Au (above, 2nd from left) gave at the Human Rights Day seminar organised by the Delegation of the European Union delegation to Singapore, 10 December 2013. The theme of the seminar was 'Contemporary perspectives on economic & social rights'. --- In the matter of employment, we would

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