
News by Country: Singapore
22 January 2021
· Domestic
helpers should stay at home during Phase 1 of Singapore's reopening
(CNA,
21 May 2020)
· Fair
treatment, income support for low-wage workers critical (Straits
Times, 21 May 2020)
· Employers
must offer fair retrenchment package, be more generous with low-wage workers
amid Covid-19 (Straits Times, 20 May 2020)
· Some
manufacturing firms face double whammy of rising expenses and lower revenues,
as Covid-19 hits (Today, 19 May 2020)
· Coronavirus:
Foreign construction workers in flats may now leave home (Straits
Times, 19 May 2020)
· Coronavirus:
More maids running away during circuit breaker, say advocacy groups (Straits
Times, 18 May 2020)
· Easier
transfer of domestic helpers with new MOM rules amid COVID-19 pandemic
(CNA,
17 May 2020)
· Construction
workers to be tested regularly when projects gradually resume after circuit
breaker (CNA, 16 May 2020)
·
Tens of thousands of Singapore's migrant workers are
infected. The rest are stuck in their dorms as the country opens up
(CNN, 15 May 2020)
·
Singapore's domestic workers face 'hidden plight' due
to Covid-19 (The Star, 15 May 2020)
·
COVID-19 swabbers employed on short-term contracts
with no additional bonuses, career pathways: MOH
(CNA, 15 May 2020)
·
65% of Singaporeans think govt doing enough for
migrant workers during Covid-19 (Mothership, 14 May
2020)
·
Coronavirus: Singapore firms trying to retain foreign
staff, but this group likely first to go
(Straits Times, 11 May 2020)
·
COVID-19: Mandatory for SIA, SilkAir and Scoot
passengers to wear face masks on board, observe safe distancing
(CNA, 10 May 2020)
·
S'pore looking to return foreign workers, including
Covid-19 survivors, to work in 'recovery phase'
(Today, 10 May 2020)
·
COVID-19: MOM lays out requirements firms must meet to
resume operations at workplaces (CNA, 9 May 2020)
· COVID-19:
Singapore bank OCBC Q1 profit slumps to 7-year low, builds loan-loss defences (CNA, 8 May
2020)
· Singapore
Academy of Law to roll out $1.9m aid package for those in legal profession (Straits
Times, 7 May 2020)
·
About S$11.5 million raised under The Courage Fund for
those affected by COVID-19 outbreak (CNA, 5 May
2020)
·
Singapore retail sales suffer biggest drop in 22
years; supermarkets buck trend (CNA,
5 May 2020)
·
Singapore’s factory activity shrinks to lowest reading
since November 2008 amid COVID-19 outbreak
(CNA, 4 May 2020)
·
Coronavirus: Working from home to be the norm for most
even after circuit breaker ends, says Chan Chun Sing (Straits Times, 3 May 2020)
·
Long, hard road ahead to recovery from Covid-19, PM
Lee cautions (Straits Times, 1 May
2020)
·
PM Lee pledges help for firms, workers to adapt to new
normal (Straits Times, 1 May 2020)
·
New facilities to be built for workers in dorms who
have recovered from Covid-19 or have mild symptoms (Straits Times, 1 May 2020)
·
Don’t 'drop workers': Companies and workers should
take the long view, says PM Lee in May Day message (CNA, 30 April 2020)
· MAS
expects more job losses, wage cuts as economy deals with ‘large, abrupt shock’
from COVID-19 (CNA, 28 April 2020)
· Virus
Surge in Southeast Asia Migrant Workers Serves as Warning
(Bloomberg,
28 April 2020)
· Covid-19:
Economists expect Singapore retrenchments in 2020 to hit 45,600 to 65,000 (Today, 27
April 2020)
· Singapore
Government has not reduced Covid-19 testing, 21,000 migrant workers in dorms
tested thus far (Mothership, 27 April
2020)
·
Singaporean man charged with spreading fake news on
Covid-19 circuit breaker measures (Straits
Times, 27 April 2020)
·
Singapore races to build beds for COVID-19 patients as
cases surge (Reuters, 26 April 2020)
·
Home-based businesses must abide by circuit breaker
measures or face S$1,000 fine (CNA, 26 April 2020)
·
Civil servant arrested for leaking info on number of
virus cases (Straits Times, 24
April 2020)
·
MOH suspends officer who allegedly leaked number of
new coronavirus cases in S'pore, reviews its processes (Straits Times, 24 April 2020)
·
PM Lee assures PM Modi that Singapore will care for
Indian workers amid Covid-19 crisis (Hindustan
times, 24 April 2020)