MOM steps up efforts to disperse gatherings of migrant workers on Sunday

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SINGAPORE: The Ministry of Manpower (MOM) said on Sunday (Mar 29) it will continue its efforts to ensure that migrant workers do not congregate in ...

SINGAPORE: The Ministry of Manpower said on Sunday it will continue its efforts to ensure that migrant workers do not congregate in public areas, noting that workers have been"highly cooperative" so far.

MOM increased the number of officers on patrol after new government-mandated measures kicked in on Friday, including a 10-person limit to gatherings outside school and work, said Ms Jeanette Har, director of well-being at MOM's foreign manpower management division. "This week we are going out in bigger numbers simply because the situation requires us to step up in these congregation sites, and to reach more congregation sites," she said."Last Sunday, we are doing the same but ... this Sunday, the message is different, the message is a stronger one."

 

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