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双溪登加宿舍贴通告 不准工友搭公交上班? 交局澄清:不曾限制

by 林殊
21/08/2019
in 劳工, 新闻, 社区
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双溪登加客工宿舍(Sungei Tengah Lodge)近日出现一则公告,自8月1日起,限制居住在宿舍的员工,避免搭乘公共交通去上班。

本社联系宿舍当局,对方指出,陆交局与人力部曾反映。居住在双溪登加客工宿舍的外来客工已对当地的交通运输造成负荷,续指外来客工去往工地的交通本应由公司负责。

本社英语站记者前往探访,发现从双溪登加客工宿舍的巴士,沿路经数家公共机构,包括军营和内政部培训学校,而不远处则是蔡厝港地铁站,巴士站内总是在尖峰时刻(早上与下午)挤满了人,排队位置并没有标定边界,因此乘客在等待公共汽车时。已形成了非正式的队列。

而记者访问一些在巴士站排队的工友,他们反映并未注意到有关不准搭公交的公告。但他们表示,确有员工专用巴士让他们共乘,但只有在特定时段才行驶。

记者在尖峰时刻造访忙碌的巴士站,发现搭乘公交的人。以工人、外来客工以及当地居民居多,而且巴士在尚未开动前就会坐满。

为此,宿舍负责人向本社英文站记者表示,曾建议那些雇主,为客工提供专巴或安排包车来往工地。目前包车的行程,是早上5点45分至7点15分娩,每隔10分钟一台,将送往三站:文礼、武吉甘柏以及克兰芝站,但并没有提及有无安排下午的员工包车。

宿舍负责人续指,他们也正在调查专巴的需求,以及是否为员工开设其他巴士站点。他亦指,人力部已表明雇主有义务为住在宿舍内的员工提供专车服务。

两周前一名社工也告知记者,当地客工确实有被指示只能搭乘私人交通工具,下令勿搭乘公共交通。社工透露,还是会有非正式的私人交通工具可前往小印度,收费一到三块钱不等。然而,这些私人巴士只有等到坐满人才会开车,这也表示他们无法预测开车的时间。

尽管课题含有歧视意味,但社工表示当地客工大都不敢申诉。

陆交局:不曾限制工友搭公交

为此,本社两周前亦询问陆交局,获得陆交局巴士服务部门(the Bus Service Development)资深行政官员Stanley Kang的澄清,根据《外籍员工宿舍法》(Foreign Employee Dormitories Act,简称FEDA),双溪登加客工宿舍,必须确保公司为宿舍员工安排足够的交通运输,往返他们的工作场所,但同时并没有限制工友搭乘公共交通运输。

Stanley Kang于邮件中指出,“条例的要求,旨在确保能够满足外籍客工的需求。令人遗憾的是,双溪登加客工宿舍却误会《外籍员工宿舍法》的意思,使人留下“宿舍居民不允许搭乘公共交通”的印象。”

他补充说,目前人力部已向宿舍厘清,立即采取行动向宿舍居民与雇主解释现状。

2013年12月发生的小印度骚乱,印度客工被一辆私人巴士撞倒后当场丧命,引发工友及路人不满,内政部设立调查委员会彻查骚乱原因,检讨应对现有外籍劳工聚集的措施,改善他们的居住和生活环境。2014-2015年,建立九家外籍员工宿舍,而双溪登加客工宿舍是目前9家外籍员工宿舍之一。

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