Covid-19 Responses

Updates on our latest COVID-19 efforts.

Clarifications

Clarification Circular 2004/2020

Updated as at 31 March 2020

We have been alerted to a video circulating on WhatsApp on Monday, 30 March 2020. The video alleged that three (3) employees at one of our project sites have contracted COVID-19 and that piling works at the site has stopped as a result.

We would like to clarify that the allegation is untrue.

We have lodged a police report in regard to this allegation.

Clarification Circular 2003/2020

Updated as at 26 February 2020

We refer to our Circular No. 2002/2020 dated 11 February 2020, 0905 hours where we clarified the allegation made in a video circulated via WhatsApp on Monday, 10 February 2020 that one of our project sites was closed as a result of an employee contracting COVID-19.

We have received a letter of apology from the individual who filmed and circulated the said video. We appreciate and accept his apology.

Clarification Circular 2002/2020

Updated as at 11 February 2020,

We have been alerted to a video circulating on WhatsApp on Monday, 10 February 2020. The video alleged one of our project sites is closed due to an employee who has contracted the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCov).

We would like to clarify that the allegation is not true.

We further refer to our Circular No. 2001/2020 dated 10 February 2020, 1313 hours.

We have lodged a police report in regard to both Circulars No. 2001/2020 and 2002/2020.

Clarification Circular 2001/2020

Updated as at 10 February 2020

We have been alerted to a Facebook post on Monday, 10 February 2020. The post contained a photo of one of our project sites, and implicitly linked our project site to the new confirmed Case 42 of the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), a 39-year-old Bangladesh national (go.gov.sg/moh9feb).

We would like to clarify that the post is not true. The said Bangladeshi national is not our employee and has not worked at any of our project sites. We have also not been contacted by the authorities on this matter.

Updates

Sharing and Engaging Part 2

1 June, 2020

We shared in an earlier update on how we are using the mobile application KNOW to engage our fellow workers and colleagues with different genres of contents from training to vital information and entertainment. As an extension of this engagement, we also use SWIPE WIFI to share snippets of information with our migrant colleagues staying…

Sharing and Engaging Part 1

25 May, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has affected our industry in so many ways unimaginable. 2020 will go down in history as a year where construction work was ceased across the nation in a bid to contain the spread of an insidious, faceless enemy. Our workforce that is so used to being out and about, clocking hours at…

Have No Fear

12 May, 2020

The number of COVID-19 positive cases among migrant workers continues to rise sharply and more so after Government agencies stepped in to conduct vigorous testing. In a concentrated and densely populated environment, migrant workers are plagued with fear and anxiety as they watch their room and dorm mates return with positive results. The questions of…

We Care

11 May, 2020

Our foreign employees on S-Passes and Work Permits have been placed on Stay Home Notice (SHN) in accordance with the Government’s directives since 20 April 2020, and many of whom are migrant workers staying in our self-managed and external dormitories. We have, under the guidance of our Crisis Management Committee, put in place a number…