Politics and policies

Provide more public spaces for foreign workers within Little India – Debbie Fordyce

In response to member of parliament Denise Phua's call on the government to fence off residents' areas from foreign workers and do more to disperse them from Little India (see News Flash), TWC2 executive committee member Debbie Fordyce wrote to the Straits Times. Her letter was published 11 April 2016: --- Provide more public spaces

PAP member of parliament characterises gatherings of foreign workers as ‘walking time-bombs’

webmaster2019-08-30T16:32:03+08:00April 8th, 2016|News, News Flash|

Denise Phua, member of parliament (People's Action Party, Jalan Besar) became alarmist when speaking in the chamber during the Committee of Supply debate, 6 April 2016. As reported in the Straits Times (7 April edition): This generated much adverse comment on social media. There was quick commentary in The Mothership (Denise Phua had a foot-in-mouth