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Foreign workers get more amenities at recreation centre

SINGAPORE — The two-year-old Penjuru Recreation Centre has been upgraded so workers living in nearby dormitories can enjoy more amenities — a new multi-purpose hall, supermarket, canteen and remittance service outlet.

Foreign workers get more amenities at recreation centre
Migrant workers carrying groceries after shopping at the Penjuru Recreation Centre yesterday. The upgrade saw the addition of several more amenities — a new multi-purpose hall, supermarket, canteen and remittance service outlet. Photo: Don Wong
Foreign workers get more amenities at recreation centre
Penjuru Recreation Centre at Jurong East. Photo: Don Wong
Foreign workers get more amenities at recreation centre
Members of the Singapore Police Force making their rounds at the Penjuru Recreation Centre. This is one of the four existing centres that the Government has built to provide foreign workers with recreational space and amenities. The centre will not only see an enhanced offering of facilities for gatherings, sports and recreation, but also a larger array of shops and services to serve the needs of foreign workers living in the vicinity. Photo: Don Wong
Foreign workers get more amenities at recreation centre
Migrant workers relaxing on a basketball court at the Penjuru Recreation Centre. This is one of the four existing centres that the Government has built to provide foreign workers with recreational space and amenities. The centre will not only see an enhanced offering of facilities for gatherings, sports and recreation, but also a larger array of shops and services to serve the needs of foreign workers living in the vicinity. Photo: Don Wong
Foreign workers get more amenities at recreation centre
Migrant workers relaxing on a basketball court at the Penjuru Recreation Centre. This is one of the four existing centres that the Government has built to provide foreign workers with recreational space and amenities. The centre will not only see an enhanced offering of facilities for gatherings, sports and recreation, but also a larger array of shops and services to serve the needs of foreign workers living in the vicinity. Photo: Don Wong
Foreign workers get more amenities at recreation centre
Migrant workers relaxing on a playing court at the Penjuru Recreation Centre. This is one of the four existing centres that the Government has built to provide foreign workers with recreational space and amenities. The centre will not only see an enhanced offering of facilities for gatherings, sports and recreation, but also a larger array of shops and services to serve the needs of foreign workers living in the vicinity. Photo: Don Wong
Foreign workers get more amenities at recreation centre
A migrant worker relaxes with a game of cricket at the Penjuru Recreation Centre. This is one of the four existing centres that the Government has built to provide foreign workers with recreational space and amenities. The centre will not only see an enhanced offering of facilities for gatherings, sports and recreation, but also a larger array of shops and services to serve the needs of foreign workers living in the vicinity. Photo: Don Wong
Foreign workers get more amenities at recreation centre
A migrant worker browsing through merchandise for sale at a sundries shop at the Penjuru Recreation Centre. This is one of the four existing centres that the Government has built to provide foreign workers with recreational space and amenities. The centre will not only see an enhanced offering of facilities for gatherings, sports and recreation, but also a larger array of shops and services to serve the needs of foreign workers living in the vicinity. Photo: Don Wong
Foreign workers get more amenities at recreation centre
A migrant worker browsing through merchandise for sale at a clothing shop at the Penjuru Recreation Centre. This is one of the four existing centres that the Government has built to provide foreign workers with recreational space and amenities. The centre will not only see an enhanced offering of facilities for gatherings, sports and recreation, but also a larger array of shops and services to serve the needs of foreign workers living in the vicinity. Photo: Don Wong
Foreign workers get more amenities at recreation centre
Migrant workers wait for their turn to get a haircut and shave at the Penjuru Recreation Centre. This is one of the four existing centres that the Government has built to provide foreign workers with recreational space and amenities. The centre will not only see an enhanced offering of facilities for gatherings, sports and recreation, but also a larger array of shops and services to serve the needs of foreign workers living in the vicinity. Photo: Don Wong
Foreign workers get more amenities at recreation centre
Grassroots advisor to Ayer Rajah Grassroots Organisations and MP for West Coast GRC Foo Mee Har (centre) and Chairman of Migrants Workers' Centre Yeo Guat Kwang visiting a barber shop during their tour of the Penjuru Recreation Centre. This is one of the four existing centres that the Government has built to provide foreign workers with recreational space and amenities. The centre will not only see an enhanced offering of facilities for gatherings, sports and recreation, but also a larger array of shops and services to serve the needs of foreign workers living in the vicinity. Photo: Don Wong
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By Valerie Koh
Published December 15, 2014
Updated December 15, 2014
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SINGAPORE — The two-year-old Penjuru Recreation Centre has been upgraded so workers living in nearby dormitories can enjoy more amenities — a new multi-purpose hall, supermarket, canteen and remittance service outlet.

Come next month, workers will also be able to carry out simple banking transactions at newly-installed automated teller machines.

Ms Foo Mee Har, Member of Parliament for West Coast GRC, who was guest of honour at the launch of the additional facilities yesterday, said the recreation centre aims to give the 20,000-odd foreign workers residing in the three dormitories nearby their own space to relax.

Opened in December 2012, the recreation centre in Jurong East has grocery, barber and telecom shops, as well as a basketball court and cricket field. The Migrant Workers’ Centre also organises regular activities — movie screenings, sports tournaments and entertainment events. On average, about 10,000 workers visit the recreation centre on weekends.

Much attention has been paid to improving recreation facilities for workers, following the Little India riot last December. In response to the Committee of Inquiry’s report on the riot, Manpower Minister Tan Chuan-Jin said in July that improving these facilities was part of the Government’s two-pronged approach to managing foreign labour. Such facilities would reduce the need for workers to travel to hot spots such as Little India for basic services.

Workers told TODAY they were happy to see a remittance service outlet opening near their dormitories. Mr Shek Suzon, 29, who hails from Bangladesh, said: “Everything is here. It’s very convenient and fast. It’s easier for me to send money back home.”

The storekeeper visits the recreation centre with his friends twice or thrice a week and since its opening, he has reduced his visits to Little India from several times a month to about once a month because “there’s no need to go so far to buy things”.

The 28,800sqm compound is one of four such facilities in Singapore. Four more centres are set to open by the end of next year. VALERIE KOH

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