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Looking after the well-being of migrant workers in Singapore

Welfare groups and corporations are contributing meals, manning hotlines that they can call for assistance, attending to their needs

Vivien Ang

Published Mon, May 25, 2020 · 09:50 PM

Covid-19

Singapore

PLAYING carrom, surfing social media and doing housework are what Selvam Sakthivel and Billal Khan have been busy with daily since the circuit breaker began in April.

Mr Sakthivel is from India, and Mr Billal from Bangladesh. They are both migrant workers in the construction industry, and have been in Singapore for six and 10 years respectively.