Freeze on temporary workers’ dormitories

By Tan Chee Yuen
/ The Edge Property |
In its bid to move workers from temporary dormitories to purpose-built ones, the government will no longer allow new temporary workers’ dormitories to be built in more than a dozen industrial estates. The new areas include Pioneer, Senoko and Ubi, while existing areas in Sungei Kadut and Tuas have also been expanded. The move comes as the government ramps up the construction of purpose-built dormitories with proper facilities over the next two years.
According to URA, these changes were made to minimise increasing pressure on existing infrastructure in industrial areas where there are large numbers of temporary workers’ dormitories. The revised policy took effect from Sept 19 for all applications involving workers’ dormitories within industrial or warehouse developments, including Outline Applications.

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