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Chinese worker who plunged 22 storeys recalls the accident

January 28, 2013 - 12:53am

By:

Chai Hung Yin

TNP PHOTO: Jonathan Choo

It has been almost two years since he plunged 22 storeys -- and survived.

He has since recovered, though not fully, from the multiple fractures that he suffered.

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Eateries hit hard by foreign labour crunch can’t find workers

November 5, 2012 - 12:03am

By:

Elizabeth Law

TNP PHOTO: Audrey Tan

It was reported last week that Soon Heng Restaurant, a popular fish head curry eatery, had shut because it could not hire enough workers.

And that seems to be the lament of many eateries here.

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Worker dies at MRT worksite

August 27, 2012 - 2:08am

By:

Chai Hung Yin

TNP PICTURE: BENJAMIN SEETOR

A foreign worker died during a worksite accident at a MRT worksite off Tuas West Drive on Saturday afternoon, the third in about six weeks. Two workers died at the MRT tunnel linkway in Bugis on July 18.

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Worksite fall, roadside death

July 30, 2012 - 11:42pm

By:

Rennie Whang

When the illegal foreign worker fell from a ladder and started bleeding from his mouth, his employer, Tay Kok Eng, could have called an ambulance. But he didn’t.