SG60…transformation to Currykok. Migrant worker who helped build Jewel among those who call Singapore their second home
Wong Yang
Sat, 9 August 2025 at 5:00 AM SGT8-min read
Migrant workers (clockwise from top left) Rayhan Md Abu, Senthil Selvarasu, Panchavarnam Porkodi and Leizle Menez.
SINGAPORE – When Mr Rayhan Md Abu first saw the blueprints for Jewel Changi Airport in 2017, he could not believe his eyes.
An indoor waterfall? A large glass dome? A five-storey indoor garden? The Bangladeshi worker, who had just joined a construction firm working on the project, wondered if a building could truly look so spectacular.
But over two years spent toiling 11 to 12 hours a day, six days a week, at the site, Mr Rayhan saw those plans slowly taking shape as a mammoth retail complex.