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THE Ministry of Manpower (MOM) seems to be stepping up efforts against the unacceptable housing of foreign workers, having already made 300 inspections in the first four months of the year.

That is more than a third of the 865 inspections that were conducted the whole of last year, when the Ministry took action against 1,062 employers.

The Migrant Workers' Centre, an NGO in Singapore, is expanding its operations by opening a new head office here to help more foreign labourers, especially those from India and Bangladesh.

SINGAPORE: The Migrant Workers' Centre is expanding operations to help more foreign workers in Singapore.

SINGAPORE - The number of foreign workers coming into Singapore is projected to slow substantially from now on, but the Government made it clear in its Population White Paper on Jan 29 that it will keep the door open for three groups of migrant workers.

Singapore’s wages will grow at a faster pace in 2013, contributing to higher labor costs and price pressures even as the economy expands at a “modest” pace, the central bank said today.

SINGAPORE: The Singapore government has said it will begin to crackdown on domestic workers coming into the country looking for work in the Southeast Asian country, a new memo from the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) said.

SINGAPORE: Acting Manpower Minister Tan Chuan-Jin said the government will not be changing its decision on the tightening of foreign manpower policies for the foreseeable future.