By admin, on August 24th, 2009

Keep a hand on the tap

Source: The Straits Times Page A2 24 Aug 2009

Article by Bertha Henson, Associate Editor

She went out, presumably to check with someone else, came in and took the flask away with profuse apologies. She was a Chinese national too.

The nurse who was in charge of my particular room was a Filipina. Likewise, the nurses who [...]

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By admin, on September 14th, 2008

Foreign talent or workers — they are all human

Source: The Sunday Times Think Page 26, 14 Sep 2008 Letter by: Bernadette Low (Ms)

I do not live in Serangoon Gardens. But for the past five years, I have been living 50m from a Circle Line construction site, and have many foreigners in my neighbourhood throughout the week.

…Sometimes, these men, taking a breather from their [...]

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By admin, on September 13th, 2008

Snobbish and selfish?

Source: The Straits Times Forum Page A35 13 Sep 2008 Letter by: Lim Fang Check

The Ministry of National Development (MND) must not relent in its efforts to find decent housing for foreign workers wherever it is practical and economical to do so. If it agrees with Serangoon Gardens residents that, for whatever reasons, it would [...]

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