Manpower Minister orders correction directions to Facebook post about quarantined foreign workers' pay: POFMA Office

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Manpower Minister orders correction directions to Facebook post about quarantined foreign workers' pay: POFMA Office
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SINGAPORE: Manpower Minister Josephine Teo on Monday (Apr 6) ordered correction directions to be made to Mr Alex Tan and the Singapore States ...

SINGAPORE: Manpower Minister Josephine Teo on Monday ordered correction directions to be made to Mr Alex Tan and the Singapore States Times Facebook page for falsely claiming that quarantined foreign workers would not be paid their salaries.

This means all 19,800 foreign workers housed at S11 Dormitory @ Punggol and Westlite Toh Guan dormitory would be quarantined in their rooms for 14 days. Mr Tan's post claimed that they were"not getting a single cent from 14 days of quarantine”, referring to the foreign workers in the two dorms.

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