So far, workers have only been permitted to leave their dormitories for work and errands.
As part of safety measures, workers - who currently have their rest days staggered throughout the week - have to pre-book time slots on the SGWorkPass mobile application to prevent overcrowding at these centres."The number of exit passes issued for each time slot will be controlled through the application system," said MOM.
Mr Darison, who runs the Tuas South recreation centre, said JTC will cap the capacity of each session at an average of 300 workers.Several improvements were made following feedback from workers during the trial period, said MOM's director of occupational safety and health Christopher Koh.The ministry will add an additional time slot of 8pm to 11pm to cater to workers who do overtime work on their rest days, as some of them are unable to make it for the current last slot of 5pm to 8pm.
The 29-year-old, who has worked in Singapore for seven years, said that the first time he was allowed to return to the recreation centre was “really exciting”. Before the pandemic, he used to spend four to five hours with his friends at the centre. “We give them some advice and educate them “for now, for your own safety, you should be going to the recreation centre for now,” he said, adding that such cases are “the minority” right now.Bangladeshi national Sonjon Kumar Dey is also happy about being able to finally step out of his dormitory on his days off.
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