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Foreign workers' dormitories are classified as public spaces for the purpose of the provision relating to drunkenness under the Miscellaneous Offences (Public Order and Nuisance) Act. With FEDA and the Liquor Control (Supply and Consumption) Act 2015, workers can still drink in their private quarters, subject to dormitory rules. [3]
In Singapore, public housing estates are maintained by Town Councils, which are divided along political constituency lines and headed by a Member of Parliament, and have full-time estate-management staff. [93] Funding for town councils' maintenance work comes from government grants, and maintenance fees paid by estate residents and businesses. [94]
Workforce housing is commonly targeted at "essential workers" in a community i.e. police officers, firemen, teachers, nurses, medical personnel. Some communities define "essential" more broadly to include service workers, as in the case of resort communities where one finds high real estate costs and a high number of low-paying service jobs ...
The development of new towns within Singapore were in tandem with the construction of public housing in the country – managed by the Housing and Development Board (HDB) under a 99-year lease. The majority of the residential housing developments in Singapore are publicly governed and developed, and home to approximately 80% of the population.
La Maison à Dupont, a corporate apartment building in the Dupont Circle neighborhood of Washington, D.C.. Corporate housing is a term in the relocation industry that implies renting a furnished apartment, condo, or home on a temporary basis to individuals, military personnel, intern groups, or corporations as an alternative to a traditional hotel or an extended hotel stay.
Between November 1992 and September 1993, at two locations within Singapore, a group of Thai migrant workers committed armed robberies at two construction sites located in Lim Chu Kang and Tampines respectively, which resulted in the deaths of three foreign construction workers, one Myanmar citizen in November 1992 and two Indian citizens in September 1993.
Workforce Singapore (WSG) is a statutory board under the Ministry of Manpower of the Government of Singapore.. During the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, when many Singapore citizens and Permanent Residents lost their jobs due to the closure of businesses, Workforce Singapore played a vital part in career-coaching the people of Singapore into transitioning into essential industries.
Sungei Kadut (Malay pronunciation: [suŋai kadot̚], SOONG-eye KAH-doht) is an industrial estate and planning area located in the North Region of Singapore.It is bounded by Bukit Panjang and Choa Chu Kang to the south, Mandai to the east, as well as Lim Chu Kang and the Western Water Catchment to the west.