200,000 foreign workers treated to special Hari Raya lunch: MOM

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SINGAPORE: Two hundred thousand foreign workers living in purpose-built dormitories were treated to a special lunch to celebrate Hari Raya ...

SINGAPORE: Two hundred thousand foreign workers living in purpose-built dormitories were treated to a special lunch to celebrate Hari Raya Aidilfitri on Sunday , said the Ministry of Manpower on Sunday.

Workers in 58 locations - including purpose-built dormitories, factory-converted dormitories and construction temporary quarters - were also gifted with Hari Raya cookies. "In addition to bringing some festive cheer, the initiative also helped support our home-based bakers during this period," said MOM.

READ: The Big Read - Solving Singapore’s foreign workers problem requires serious soul searching, from top to bottom Singapore has reported 31,616 COVID-19 cases to date, with the majority linked to migrant worker dormitories. Twenty-three patients have died from complications arising from COVID-19 infection.

 

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