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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://hachyderm.io/users/skinnylatte/statuses/116614352766996679">Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Friday, 22-May-2026 05:03:33 JST</a><a href="https://hachyderm.io/@skinnylatte" title="skinnylatte@hachyderm.io"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/theme/gnusocialjp/default-avatar-stream.png" width="48" height="48" alt="Adrianna Tan" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">Adrianna Tan</a></section><article><p>I'm glad someone in mainstream Singapore media is talking about this:</p><p>The migrant workers who literally build and clean Singapore have to deal with conditions nobody else would accept, and they do not have leverage or rights or very much support</p><p>We have a three-tier immigration system: at the very bottom, work permit holders, people in construction and domestic labour. </p><p><a href="https://www.straitstimes.com/opinion/singapores-building-boom-is-forcing-a-reckoning-on-migrant-labour" rel="nofollow">https://www.straitstimes.com/opinion/singapores-building-boom-is-forcing-a-reckoning-on-migrant-labour</a></p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Singapore" rel="tag">#Singapore</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/TootSea" rel="tag">#TootSea</a></p></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/6416977#notice-12632378">In conversation</a><time datetime="2026-05-22T05:03:33+09:00" title="Friday, 22-May-2026 05:03:33 JST">about 5 hours ago</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://hachyderm.io/@skinnylatte/116614352766996679" rel="external" title="Sent from hachyderm.io via ActivityPub">hachyderm.io</a></span></span><a href="https://hachyderm.io/@skinnylatte/116614352766996679">permalink</a><h4>Attachments</h4><ol><li><article><header><div>Domain not in remote thumbnail source whitelist: cassette.sphdigital.com.sg</div><h5><a href="https://www.straitstimes.com/opinion/singapores-building-boom-is-forcing-a-reckoning-on-migrant-labour#Singapore">S’pore depends on migrant workers. Why do we accept conditions we would never tolerate ourselves?</a></h5><div> from <span>Tan Dawn Wei</span></div></header><div>As Singapore enters a construction supercycle, can it continue treating its indispensable migrant workers as temporary outsiders? Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.</div><footer></footer></article></li></ol></footer></blockquote>

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Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Friday, 22-May-2026 05:03:33 JST Adrianna Tan
I'm glad someone in mainstream Singapore media is talking about this:
The migrant workers who literally build and clean Singapore have to deal with conditions nobody else would accept, and they do not have leverage or rights or very much support
We have a three-tier immigration system: at the very bottom, work permit holders, people in construction and domestic labour.
https://www.straitstimes.com/opinion/singapores-building-boom-is-forcing-a-reckoning-on-migrant-labour
#Singapore #TootSea
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  S’pore depends on migrant workers. Why do we accept conditions we would never tolerate ourselves?
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  As Singapore enters a construction supercycle, can it continue treating its indispensable migrant workers as temporary outsiders? Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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