Discussion: survey, data and statistics

2 11, 2014

Singapore second most popular destination for Bangladeshi workers in 2013

2019-08-30T16:32:59+08:00November 2nd, 2014|Articles, Facts, research, analysis|

TWC2 has received two research reports from the Refugee and Migratory Movements Research Unit which is based in Dhaka, Bangladesh. They make for sober reading. In one of them, titled Labour migration from Bangladesh 2013 report, some interesting statistics are provided. Singapore was the second most popular destination country in 2013, with 60,057 work migrants

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25 10, 2014

How the migrant worker system is regulated counts for a lot

2019-08-30T16:33:00+08:00October 25th, 2014|Articles, Facts, research, analysis, Happenings, News, Our Stand|

This is the talk TWC2 vice-president Alex Au gave at the National University of Singapore to a large class (about 300 - 400)  of students from various faculties on 15 October 2014. The text here is a somewhat fuller version of the talk itself, which wasn't entirely read from script, and which was constrained by

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29 09, 2014

980,000 work permit holders as at June 2014

2019-08-30T16:33:01+08:00September 29th, 2014|Articles, Facts, research, analysis|

New data released by the Ministry of Manpower (source) show increases across all categories of foreign work passes during the first six months of 2014. The data period has also changed; where MOM used to report workforce numbers as at December each year, this time MOM reported for the mid-year point. This is consistent with

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13 04, 2014

Half of construction workers deployed outside their skill areas

2019-08-30T16:33:33+08:00April 13th, 2014|Articles, Facts, research, analysis|

The report Training centres in Bangladesh have become money-minting machines (published September 2013) was based on research done in Dhaka. Drawing from anecdotal information, we asserted in the paper that "Most workers report that their Singapore jobs are unrelated to the skills they trained for." This anecdotal information was from workers whom Transient Workers Count Too

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6 04, 2014

Cuff Road Project 2013: Statistics

2019-08-30T16:33:33+08:00April 6th, 2014|Articles, Facts, research, analysis|

The Cuff Road Food Programme is Transient Workers Count Too’s signature project. It provides free meals to migrant workers six days a week when they are injured or otherwise out of work and destitute. It also offers an important contact point between the organisation and those in need of help. Workers not only get nourishment,

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20 03, 2014

Malaysians form the largest group of work permit holders by nationality

2019-08-30T16:33:35+08:00March 20th, 2014|Articles, Facts, research, analysis|

In yet another example of the Ministry of Manpower releasing data in dribs and drabs, Kevin Teoh, the divisional director of MOM's Foreign Manpower Management Division told the Committee of Inquiry looking into the Little India riots: Mr Teoh also clarified that of the 1.1 million foreign non-domestic workers in Singapore, about 330,000 were employment pass and

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1 02, 2014

Workplace injuries and migrant workers

2019-08-30T16:33:37+08:00February 1st, 2014|Articles, Facts, research, analysis|

By John Gee The annual report for 2012 of the Occupational Safety and Health Division (link to Part 1, Part 2), released in March 2013, ("OSHD Report") showed that the number of workplace deaths had fallen to 56, its lowest level in nine years. However, the total number of injuries had risen over ten per

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6 12, 2013

Who said what to the doctor?

2019-08-30T16:34:14+08:00December 6th, 2013|Articles, Facts, research, analysis, News, Our Stand|

About one in three injured workers, when brought to medical attention after an accident, find that it is the boss or company representative who tells the doctor what caused the injury. The worker doesn't get a chance to speak. Yet, it is rare that the boss or company representative witnessed the accident. Another one-third of

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