Residents complain of foreign workers urinating at void
decks
With the number of foreign workers increasing in Singapore, MPs
are hearing more complaints from unhappy residents about some of
their unsavory habits.
The Straits Times quoted PAP MP Madam Halimah Yacob as saying
that she “regularly hears complaints from residents, unnerved by
foreign workers congregating in their estates, each time she goes
on block visits.”
Common complaints include drinking together at HDB void decks,
urinating there or leaving their litter behind. Such scenes are
becoming ubiquitous in the HDB heartlands.
“Because it’s a big number of them and they are all males,
the women residents tend to feel a bit intimidated when they come
home late,” said Madam Halimah in an interview with Straits
Times.
To cope with security concerns arising from the congregation of
foreign workers, a Ministerial Steering Committee (MSC) set up last
year to deal with the issue.
Auxiliary police officers (APOs) and security officers are
deployed at more foreign workers’ haunts to ensure that they do not
disturb the peace in the area.
Due to the ruling party’s liberal immigration policies,
foreigners now make up 36 per cent of Singapore’s population, up
from 14 per cent in 1990. Of the remaining 64 per cent who are
citizens, an increasing number are born overseas.
The Straits Times tried to deflect public anger against the
ruling party’s misguided policies to these blue-collar foreign
workers:
“While such workers are vital in Singapore’s construction,
manufacturing and now service industries, their growing numbers
have caused unhappiness among some Singaporeans.”
Though Singaporeans are uncomfortable with foreign workers
loitering in their neighborhoods, their main beef is against those
foreign workers on employment and S passes who are competing
directly with them for jobs.
Not only do they take up jobs which otherwise belong to
Singaporeans, they also depress their wages and increase the cost
of living, especially that of public housing.
The state media should stop obfuscating the crux of the matter
to protect its political master by portraying Singaporeans as
xenophobic and start addressing their genuine concerns.
Horray! Horray! - So many fucking foreigners
