Reasons for Government's Venture into Private Sector Space of Construction of Migrant Worker Dormitories

Debated in Parliament on 20 Oct 2022.

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Seah Kian Peng raised concerns about the government's new migrant worker dormitories potentially crowding out private operators and questioned the reasons for government involvement in a private sector space.
Tan See Leng explained that the government's purpose is to drive innovation and improve public health resilience and liveability in migrant worker housing.
He clarified that the two government-built dormitories represent a small fraction of over 50 private-operated ones, ensuring no significant crowding out of private operators.
The government will continue to tender new dormitories based on workforce needs, maintaining private sector involvement.
Further details were referenced from a MOM launch event in October 2022.

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Seah Kian Peng

Mr Seah Kian Peng asked the Minister for Manpower in light of new migrant worker dormitories to be built by the Government (a) whether such a move will crowd out private operators; and (b) what are the reasons for the Government venturing into what appears to be private sector space.

Tan See Leng

The purpose of building and owning two new migrant worker (MW) Purpose-Built Dormitories (PBDs) is to provide MOM with the opportunity to drive innovation and transform practices in migrant worker housing in areas of public health resilience and liveability.

Operating the two dormitories will not crowd out private operators as these are just two PBDs out of more than 50 PBDs and around 4% of the number of PBD beds operated by the private sector. The Government will continue to launch private tenders for the development of new migrant worker dormitories based on the overall housing needs of our migrant workforce. Further details are in the remarks delivered at the launch event on 1 October 2022, which is available on MOM’s website.

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Seah Kian Peng raised concerns about the government's new migrant worker dormitories potentially crowding out private operators and questioned the reasons for government involvement in a private sector space.
Tan See Leng explained that the government's purpose is to drive innovation and improve public health resilience and liveability in migrant worker housing.
He clarified that the two government-built dormitories represent a small fraction of over 50 private-operated ones, ensuring no significant crowding out of private operators.
The government will continue to tender new dormitories based on workforce needs, maintaining private sector involvement.
Further details were referenced from a MOM launch event in October 2022.

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Reasons for Government's Venture into Private Sector Space of Construction of Migrant Worker Dormitories

Debated in Parliament on 20 Oct 2022.

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Seah Kian Peng raised concerns about the government's new migrant worker dormitories potentially crowding out private operators and questioned the reasons for government involvement in a private sector space.
Tan See Leng explained that the government's purpose is to drive innovation and improve public health resilience and liveability in migrant worker housing.
He clarified that the two government-built dormitories represent a small fraction of over 50 private-operated ones, ensuring no significant crowding out of private operators.
The government will continue to tender new dormitories based on workforce needs, maintaining private sector involvement.
Further details were referenced from a MOM launch event in October 2022.

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Seah Kian Peng

Tan See Leng

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Seah Kian Peng raised concerns about the government's new migrant worker dormitories potentially crowding out private operators and questioned the reasons for government involvement in a private sector space.
Tan See Leng explained that the government's purpose is to drive innovation and improve public health resilience and liveability in migrant worker housing.
He clarified that the two government-built dormitories represent a small fraction of over 50 private-operated ones, ensuring no significant crowding out of private operators.
The government will continue to tender new dormitories based on workforce needs, maintaining private sector involvement.
Further details were referenced from a MOM launch event in October 2022.

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Reasons for Government's Venture into Private Sector Space of Construction of Migrant Worker Dormitories

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Reasons for Government's Venture into Private Sector Space of Construction of Migrant Worker Dormitories

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