New standards for migrant worker dormitories were announced on 17 September, following the major outbreak of cases last year.
The aim for the new standards are to reduce the risk of infectious diseases being transmitted, as well as to improve the conditions of living inside.
Last year’s outbreak saw the revelation of the living conditions in the cramped and unsanitary dorm rooms, where thousands and thousands of migrant workers from India, Bangladesh and China live.
The new standards for the dormitories include the capping of the occupancy, installation of ensuite toilets, improved room ventilation, segmenting the communal facilities, more spacious rooms as well as Wi-Fi coverage inside the rooms.
These will apply to new facilities, although the authorities are evaluation ways to improve the existing dormitories conditions.
Two new dormitories are also being planned to be built, with at least 12.500 beds in total.
A netizen shared how she spotted a dog being locked up inside small cage at a temple in Jurong.
She shared how the dog was living in deplorable conditions, being inside a cage with less than a 3-tile space for it to walk about.
The dog was also allegedly fed with leftover human food filled with bones, and its cage was filled with dried up poop and a bowl of water filled with algae.
Here is the story:
“[ CRUELTY IN A TEMPLE ]
It was difficult to stare into her eyes and see loneliness, desperation and finally the disappointment when I had to walk away from this sweet dog earlier this afternoon.
This nameless dog was born without freedom because the cruel person who took her to this temple as a puppy simply threw her into a lifetime imprisonment, and for so many years, this temple kept their dogs in terrible conditions.
Besides having a feedback provider who witnessed first-hand how this dog has suffered in the cage since she was a puppy, I made a few visits recently and every single time, the cage was filled with dried-up poop, algae-filled water bowl and leftover human food filled with bones!
Her living condition is even more deploring. She only has 3 tile space to walk, sleep, eat and poop. And rats are often seen running around, putting this dog at risk of rodent poison. As if this was not mean enough, to my horror, I had to witness a fumigation session taking place and the poor dog was engulfed in the poisonous smoke! Apparently, this happens every single month when the temple is being fumigated.
Today, I couldn’t take it anymore. I decided to ask the temple to allow me to re-home this poor dog and they rejected me with a flat NO. It is completely beyond my comprehension why a temple would rather see her suffer in captivity than to accept help from others. Afterall, the dog means nothing to them, so why not let someone who cares take the dog?
This is terribly disturbing and heartbreaking, especially when it’s happening on a supposed religious ground. I am a Buddhist since birth, and growing up, my Buddhism teachings circled around kindness, compassion, gratitude and karma. But more than religion, aren’t these considered universal language? Why are these people so cruel to ignore the sufferings of the animals? Don’t they understand that animals are sentient beings too? They can sense fear, pain and loneliness, just like all of us.
If you can spare some time, drop by the temple and take a look at her deplorable living conditions and judge for yourselves. It is a heartbreaking scene I’ll never forget, and I go to bed every night feeling helpless that I alone can’t do anything to save her.
I requested for the chairman to call me to speak about the dog’s situation and how I can perhaps help, but he didn’t bother reaching out at all. I was simply rejected by the admin staff, citing stupid reasons like how the board of association has ancestral beliefs and values as to why the dog has to be treated this way. What could they be? In my thirty-odd years of being a Buddhist, I would honestly like to learn what sort of beliefs these could be.
But more than that, I need everyone’s help here. I want the temple to give an answer on why they are treating this dog so cruelly. Please help to:
1. Share my post to raise awareness
2. Report to Avs
3. Tag the temple and appeal to their management
4. Tag whatever medias you can.
Let’s do whatever we can to help this innocent dog regain her freedom! She has wasted half her life being in captivity for nothing, and she deserves a new lease of life.”
A netizen shared how his/her father was hammering something at home, which annoyed a neighbour.
The neighbour then went to confront the family and used an unidentified object to whack their door.
Here is the story:
“So at abt 9:15pm to 9:30pm my dad was hammering a something in our house
then this uncle in this video who was wearing a dark colour shirt was basically out to check why there was a loud bang right?
Then first he knock my next door neighbour door with something i guess and ask my neighbour in malay (who is making the noise?)
and I guess they said it was us
then between that moment my dad stop for a while then he started knocking again
then when that uncle heard it he took out an object which look likes a screwdriver or something and knock very hard on my door and immediately keep it back
then when my dad, mom and sister was shocked abt the loud bang and thought it was me
then my dad answer the door and this uncle spoke to my dad in hokkien (don’t too much mah what time already!)
then my dad replied (Only left with two more stuff only)
then the uncle go off and after checking the door the door was okay
but tbh this uncle has no class at all who knock door with an object one wahlao eh!
But that uncle doesn’t know that my house has a CCTV.”
my bf of a year has been wonderful. he treats me super well, gets along with my family and friends, and we spend a lot of time together. like at least 5 days a week and i stay over at his house almost all the time. he leaves his WhatsApp web open a lot and is comfortable leaving his phone with me to e.g. order food on delivery platforms, reply to his friends for him when he’s driving. he’s almost perfect (he does have his flaws, but nothing I haven’t learnt to accept) and i really want to spend the rest of my life with him.
However, i feel like cheating is so prevalent in relationships nowadays. it feels like almost every relationship I know has someone who cheated before. I’ve been cheated on before, I’ve cheated before.
My dad cheated on my mum before, many whispers talk about cheating/being cheated on, and the list goes on. my bf did cheat on an ex once, but he was so guilt-ridden that he confessed to it, and still felt guilty for a long time after they broke up. right before he got together with me, he was dating a married woman even to the extent of sleeping together.
He ended things with her after meeting me, although they were still talking in the early stages of our relationship. he did say being with a married woman went against his values and he didn’t like it, but he had nothing to lose as he was single, he says he would never cheat on me because he doesn’t want to lose me. he has also never cheated on any of his other ex-girlfriends, which my best friend who was the one who introduced us to each other can attest to.
I spent a really long time reconciling how I felt about his past with the married woman in the first few months of the relationship. many fights and tears later, I promised him not to rake up the past anymore. however, once in a while the fear still creeps up that he’ll text her, or he’ll invite her to his house if she throws herself at him again and I’m not around. is my insecurity justified?
I don’t want to doubt him but I don’t know how to work on this. please help 🙁
