SINGAPORE: Two construction company directors have been fined for housing foreign workers in a"severely overcrowded" illegal dormitory, the Ministry of Manpower and Urban Redevelopment Authority said in a joint media release on Tuesday .
Bed spaces were added to accommodate the workers, who lived in"severely overcrowded with crammed and unsanitary living conditions", the authorities said in the release.AdvertisementSeparately, Shi had also allowed his company to illegally house another 15 foreign workers in another overcrowded property at Geylang Road between July and August 2016, the release said.
For housing foreign workers in poor conditions, Shi and Chen were fined S$70,000 and S$48,000, respectively. Earlier this year, two other companies - Broadley Dormitory Management and Broadley Electrical were convicted on Feb 25 for housing foreign workers in dormitories with overcrowded, poor and unsafe living conditions.EMPLOYERS MUST LOOK AFTER WELFARE OF WORKERS: MOM