Construction worker Ajith Kumar, 24, who resides in Singapore's largest foreign worker dormitory, says conditions have changed in recent months.
The journey to the current stage has taken four long and arduous months of many policies and measures implemented to meet a fast-evolving situation. An especially challenging task was catering meals for everyone and maintaining hygiene and sanitation, he added, recalling"a lot of media attention" on the matter.
MR TAN FANG QUN, deputy commander of the joint task force on dorms, who says a 14-day routine testing of all workers begins once a dorm is cleared. He is also the director of planning and organisation development at the Ministry of Manpower's foreign manpower management division. Yesterday, Mr Wong said that the vast majority of migrant workers in the dorms would be able to resume work by the end of the month.
Only when all conditions, including measures such as staggered transport arrangements, are met, will the worker be given a green AccessCode - meaning he is cleared to return to work.Mr Nixon Loh, 48, general manager of Loh & Loh Construction, said he has always provided transport for his workers, who are also issued protective equipment and hand sanitiser when needed.
"Dorm operators have been working very closely with employers, Fast teams and workers to put in place proper segregation measures," he said, adding that these help to minimise mixing between workers of different floors or blocks and reduce potential transmissions.
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