Tighter rules ahead for large worker dorms
Licensing, and security, health and safety requirements to be imposed
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THE Manpower Ministry (MOM) on Tuesday paved the way for additional regulations to be imposed on large purpose-built dormitories - those housing 1,000 or more foreign workers - with the tabling of the Foreign Employee Dormitories Bill.
If the Bill is passed, all such dorms - current and upcoming - will have to be licensed in the second half of 2015, with each licence valid for up to three years. At present, 50 purpose-built dorms collectively provide about 200,000 beds.
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