Before leaving his hometown of Dhaka 17 years ago in search of better wages in Singapore’s construction industry, Zakir Hossain Khokan was a freelance journalist in Bangladesh.It cost S$10,000 (US$7,094) to pay the recruiters, but his family was able to raise the funds by selling land and taking out loans and the 41-year-old is now a quality assurance officer, living in one of the city state’s many crowded mega-dormitories.Singapore Covid-19 cases to rise as not all migrant workers being…
from South China Morning Post https://bit.ly/3aWippY
Saturday, May 2, 2020
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