Skype Party #2 – Taking Care of Our Foreign Workers

Date
25/04/2020

Time
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm


As part of our #HumanismAtHome initiative, we will be holding a Skype group chat (‘Skype Party’) on 25 April (Sat), 2pm. 

TOPIC: TAKING CARE OF OUR FOREIGN WORKERS

They’ve built our homes, schools and roads. They’ve trimmed our trees, fixed our lights, and cleared our trash. Without our foreign workers, there will be no Singapore of today.

Thus, there was much soul-searching when news emerged that some foreign workers were suffering from poor living conditions. With the outbreak of Covid-19 in the dormitories, there was considerable public discussion about whether more could be done to improve the dormitory facilities. What could we have done better, and earlier?

[ Click here to join the Skype ]

Our Skype chat will go LIVE at 2pm, 25 April. To ensure a nice discussion environment for everyone, please observe the following etiquette:

  1. Please introduce your name when you join.
  2. Join on time, so we can have a round of introductions.
  3. To reduce background noise, mute your microphone when not speaking.
  4. If you want to speak, press ‘R’ in the chat, indicating the ‘raising of hand’.

Although our Skype is open to the public, we will follow the Chatam House rules — anyone who comes to the meeting is free to use information from the discussion, but is not allowed to reveal who made the comment.