Amid a shortage of dormitories, Singapore must strike a balance between improving foreign workers' living conditions and keeping costs sustainable for businesses, says NUS Associate Professor Daniel Wong Hwee Boon.
While larger firms are dealing with accommodation issues by building their own temporary quarters, some smaller players are struggling with finding new housing solutions.
It has been described as an “intractable” problem: The transportation of migrant workers to and from their worksites. Why is this issue so complex? How can safety and business realities find common ground? Steven Chia breaks it down with Debbie Fordyce president of migrant rights group Transient Workers Count To