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未能保障客工居住环境 张素兰批政府当前举措如在“灭火”

by 网络公民
27/04/2020
in 劳工, 新闻, 时事
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光谱行动前政治扣留者、维权律师张素兰,发文批评人力部在处理客工的课题上,未能保障客工宿舍生活条件、居住环境合理。

张素兰表示,四月是炎热季节的高峰,在我国炎热与潮湿的环境底下,想象客工们挤在拥挤的宿舍内,还要忍受着混凝土建筑的高温,这是一件多么痛苦的一件事。

“混凝土建筑物所带来的高温总是难以忍受,而且四月是炎热季节的高峰。甚至都有可能会在新加坡发生山火的季节,所以我非常了解被限制在一间小房间内,而且高温也迎面而来的感觉,就如同待在炉子内一般难以忍受。”

张素兰继指,如今也能证明,在过去十几年间,政府都未能为客工提供很好的照顾的事实。

至于要求客工要24小时内待在宿舍,张素兰提出质疑,“如今还要客工全天24小时都待在宿舍内,人力部又该如何管理这些客工?”,同时也呼吁应该要让独立记者入宿舍内进行采访,理解客工的生活条件。

把客工和本地社群区分开来

针对政府未能给予客工更好的居住环境,张素兰认为在一开始爆发客工确诊时,已然显而易见。她表示,当时就已经将客工与非客工作出明确区分。至于为何要做出区分,张素兰则认为是因为客工并非新加坡公民,无法算作大选时的选票。

她也直指,由于多年来忽视对客工的照顾,亦导致如今大量客工确诊的情况,而今大量的客工确诊也让政府“火烧屁股”,他们才不断推出一些措施“灭火”。

此外,张素兰也质问,如果政府在过去三周内都未能有效隔离患者,那要求他们关在炎热潮湿的房内的意义何在?

“从我收集的报道,目前只有确诊病例会是被隔离的,而其他人则是不允许在周围移动,即使房内有人被确诊了,其余客工也只会被要求留在房内。”

最后,张素兰也呼吁政府应该给予客工更好的对待,尤其在近期内国际媒体已大肆报道政府如何对待客工的事实,因此也无需否认事实的存在,而且这些“事实”已逐渐损害了我国的良好的声誉,所以才要更好的对待客工。

“如果新加坡以这种方式对待客工,又该如何被称为第一世界国家,又该如何与挪威、瑞典、德国和日本相比?如果新加坡真的想被称为第一世界国家,那我们应该善待客工。”

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