PM Lee's May Day 2020 Message on restarting S'pore economy after Covid-19
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong delivered the May Day 2020 Message on television and online, at 7:30pm on April 30.
Here, we reproduce the full transcript of his 17-minute speech in full:
Labour Day Statement by Humanitarian Organization for Migration Economics
Statement on 1 May 2020 by Humanitarian Organization for Migration Economics, Singapore’s non-governmental organisation that provides services to, and advocates on behalf of, migrant workers
This year’s Labour Day falls in the midst of a global pandemic that has disproportionately affected low-wage migrant workers here in Singapore.
As of 29 April 2020, approximately 88% of all the 15,641 confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Singapore are work permit holders, the majority of whom are residing in dormitories. The outpouring of monetary donations and volunteering efforts that have gone towards helping these migrant workers is heartwarming but has also exposed structural issues that exacerbated the impacts of a pandemic on the most vulnerable among us.
A rights-based framework should determine how they are treated, instead of an over-fixation on cost-benefit analyses. We cannot lose our humanity in the pursuit of economic growth and prosperity – so-called ‘policy trade-offs’ are often done at the expense of the welfare of those who are marginalised, with detrimental effects to their physical and mental well-being.
