MOM should be accountable for 6 deaths in 4 months dorm fires

[Confuseous]

While landlords, middlemen and employers should be brought to task, perhaps the parties which should bear the heaviest responsibility are the enforcement agencies.

And there are at least six of these agencies which are responsible for foreign workers’ housing:

– The Ministry of Manpower (MOM)

– The Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA)

– Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF)

– The National Environment Agency (NEA)

– Building and Construction Authority (BCA)

– The Public Utilities Board (PUB)

In all, there are as many as 9 or 10 parties involved who should be aware of such poor living conditions.

How then did all of them fail to raise the matter before things got worse and lives were lost?

Yet, such warnings of potential danger are not new.

In 2012, for example, the risk of fire posed by illegal dormitories was raised by the SCDF itself....http://www.theonlinecitizen.com/2015/04/6-dead-in-4-months-how-did-govt-agencies-miss-the-signs/

 

[Smoke]

Unexpected thrashing of Liverpool by Arsenal by 4 - 1. You must be a happy man.

 

[laksaboy]

Lee Hsien Loong increased the population to boost the economy, came up with the Population White Paper... is anyone really surprised?

 

[Pochettino]

Lee Hsien Loong increased the population to boost the economy, came up with the Population White Paper... is anyone really surprised?

Not surprised. Hurri-Kane is toothless against Premier League rivals. :(

 

[virus]

Why collect high workers levy if they do not benefit from it other then just being a revenue

 

[halsey02]

The proper authority should be investigating the teams in charge of policing Geylang area, furthermore the landlord of the unit is a local ah neh.( slithery "snake'). Can the landlord deny that , "they do not know"? Why is the ah neh construction company allowed to house their workers in Geylang Lorong's?? Had been for many years, you employ foreign workers, you are require to show proof that the workers are properly housed in APPROVED DORMITORIES before they can get the I.P.A. & if they are found housing their workers in these illegal dormitories like Geylang, the owner of the construction company can be charged under section.... ( forgot the section number) for illegal housing etc. Obviously, the ah neh construction boss, is using the 'ali baba' method to bluff M.O.M., on where their workers are being housed. I thought, M.O.M., long time ago, cleaned Geylang of all these illegal workers dormitories??. The landlord of the unit too, contravened the fire safety act. The landlord played "ali baba" with SCDF....must have been tipped off from 'reliable' sources that, they are coming. When they inspected the place , the took down the double decker bed frames & cleared the place for inspection, after the SCDF left, they assembled back the bed frames & moved back the 30 men...isn't this "ali Baba"??

That is why I say...the proper authority, must investigate, the whole " ali baba" "gang"...

 

[mojito]

The proper authority should be investigating the teams in charge of policing Geylang area, furthermore the landlord of the unit is a local ah neh.( slithery "snake'). Can the landlord deny that , "they do not know"? Why is the ah neh construction company allowed to house their workers in Geylang Lorong's?? Had been for many years, you employ foreign workers, you are require to show proof that the workers are properly housed in APPROVED DORMITORIES before they can get the I.P.A. & if they are found housing their workers in these illegal dormitories like Geylang, the owner of the construction company can be charged under section.... ( forgot the section number) for illegal housing etc. Obviously, the ah neh construction boss, is using the 'ali baba' method to bluff M.O.M., on where their workers are being housed. I thought, M.O.M., long time ago, cleaned Geylang of all these illegal workers dormitories??. The landlord of the unit too, contravened the fire safety act. The landlord played "ali baba" with SCDF....must have been tipped off from 'reliable' sources that, they are coming. When they inspected the place , the took down the double decker bed frames & cleared the place for inspection, after the SCDF left, they assembled back the bed frames & moved back the 30 men...isn't this "ali Baba"??

That is why I say...the proper authority, must investigate, the whole " ali baba" "gang"...

That is impossible because there is no corruption in Singapore.

 

[halsey02]

That is impossible because there is no corruption in Singapore.

Did I mention the word "corruption"??...all I said, was the proper authority to investigate, for, we pride ourselves for adhering to Laws, rules & regulation that protect not only the citizens but foreigners. The agencies have over the years, implemented very strict laws with regards to the safety & housing of foreign workers.

Why , these slip through the 'cracks'....the PROER AGENCY must investigate...."corruption" never, nyet!...who doesn't know..."kawan", " member", "volunteer"....yes, a 'rose is a rose, by any other name'....CORRUPTION IS imPOSSIBLE in SINgapore"...IMPOSSIBLE?...it hard hard to detect "termites"...only after the "tree" had collapsed... have done any gardening??...

 

[shittypore]

That is impossible because there is no corruption in Singapore.

The amount of live in workers at flatted facories in Geylang, Amk, Bedok, Kranji and Pandan loop enough fill easily 5 x 3tonners.

 

[shiokalingam]

While landlords, middlemen and employers should be brought to task, perhaps the parties which should bear the heaviest responsibility are the enforcement agencies.

And there are at least six of these agencies which are responsible for foreign workers’ housing:

– The Ministry of Manpower (MOM)

– The Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA)

– Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF)

– The National Environment Agency (NEA)

– Building and Construction Authority (BCA)

– The Public Utilities Board (PUB)

In all, there are as many as 9 or 10 parties involved who should be aware of such poor living conditions.

How then did all of them fail to raise the matter before things got worse and lives were lost?

Yet, such warnings of potential danger are not new.

In 2012, for example, the risk of fire posed by illegal dormitories was raised by the SCDF itself....http://www.theonlinecitizen.com/2015/04/6-dead-in-4-months-how-did-govt-agencies-miss-the-signs/

Sir , not only confine to Geylang area only. If the Hard Truths be known then We Really Worry.