From Jan 1 next year, workplace dormitories will have to provide foreign workers with Wi-Fi, personal lockers, accommodation feedback avenues, and at least one sick bay or backup plans in case of infectious disease cases. This was announced by the Ministry of Manpower yesterday (Aug 24), in an attempt to raise the standard of living for foreign workers.
The new licensing conditions are a welcome change after MOM examined 900 factory-converted dorms late last year and found 160 to be overcrowded, with substandard living conditions. Enforcement action has been taken against those that failed the inspection.