SINGAPORE: Over the last three years, foreign worker dormitory operators have flouted dormitory management rules about 80 times a ...
every year under the Act. This accounts for nearly half of the 43 FEDA-licensed foreign worker dormitories in Singapore.
MOM said that if breaches are observed across the dormitory, or are repeated, operators can be fined up to $50,000. The most common offence involved housing workers in overcrowded units or in unsanitary conditions, the ministry said. MOM has about 100 full-time dormitory inspectors who work under the Commissioner for Foreign Employee Dormitories, two Deputy Commissioners and eight Assistant Commissioners, Mrs Teo had previously said.They conducted about 1,200 inspections and about 3,000 investigations across all housing types last year.
In her speech in May, Mrs Teo said that the Government will study the issue and “look into areas where we could have done better, so that we will be better prepared the next time”.to develop new foreign worker dormitories, and refit unused state properties as part of plans to reduce the current density in the dormitories.
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