SINGAPORE - About 80 breaches each year have been found at purpose-built dormitories over the last three years, although the majority were for minor lapses, said the Ministry of Manpower on Wednesday (June 3).. Read more at straitstimes.com.
SINGAPORE - About 80 breaches each year have been found at purpose-built dormitories over the last three years, although the majority were for minor lapses, said the Ministry of Manpower on Wednesday .
This is out of the 43 dorms in Singapore licensed under the Foreign Employee Dormitories Act . Each dorm can house 1,000 workers or more. In addition, 150 fire safety infringements were found in inspections by the Singapore Civil Defence Force at purpose-built and factory-converted dorms in the past three years, said an SCDF spokesman in response to queries by The Straits Times. The infringements were out of the 362 inspections it conducted at these dorms.
SCDF also inspects dorms when it receives feedback about fire safety infringements, such as blocked exits and non-maintenance of fire safety equipment. Officers check for a range of offences under the Fire Safety Act, including unauthorised works like creating additional sleeping quarters in dorms. "In egregious cases where the operator has shown a blatant disregard for the welfare of their residents, we prosecute the operator. One such case was recently concluded in the courts where the operator has pleaded guilty."
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