Foreign workers hired as baggage handlers at Changi airport is a crisis we saw coming, but the quesion should be: How did MOM approve so many dodgy Employment Pass applications?
It seems there is no change in policy. Persons required to remain in Singapore can be left without the right to work, and therefore ne means to support themselves.
Singapore's skills training for migrant construction workers is a sham because the present recruitment system works against it. We propose a new model for recruitment and training.
IOM does a stock-take of a decade of efforts to eradicate recruitment fees; says government action is essential for progress. We agree.
Following Straits Times' Op-ed of 19 May 2026, the newspaper published several letters. We comment on a few of them.
TWC2's comments on the points made by the government in its UPR report. Notice how the narrative avoids the real issues faced by migrant workers.
Eradicating the cancer of recruitment fees requires systemic change, not just tougher laws. What should that systemic change look like?
Two university graduates from India holding Employment Passes hint at manpower problems at Changi Airport. Is our work pass system keeping pace with needs?
Coming soon: new law to streamline enforcement of court orders. Long overdue improvement. A salary insurance scheme would be a useful complement too.
MOM opens a new dorm that it has built to showcase new dorm standards – a news story in Boomberg
