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Author: Kijewski Leonie, International Anti-Corruption Conference
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Singapore: Govt. urges employers to maintain health programmes to keep workers healthy
Author: Rei Kurohi
"Employers, workplaces play important role in beating diabetes: Amy Khor", 26 November 2018 If the authorities want to win the war on diabetes, they must target the public in...community and workplaces, Senior Minister of State for Health Amy Khor s...
Singapore: Govt. suspends recruitment firm advertising Indonesian migrant workers for sale online
Author: Sheany, Jakarta Globe
"Singapore Gov't Suspends Agency Behind Online 'Sale' of Indonesian Migrant Workers", 20 September 2018...
Commentary: Sand dredging in Cambodian mangrove forests for export to Singapore causes loss of livelihood & forced migration
Author: Kalyanee Mam, Emergence Magazine
"Lost World", 16 July 2017 For over a decade, the government of Cambodia has granted several private companies concessions to mine these mangrove forests for sand. ...Cambodia destroys its only natural protection...lays waste to a vital and fragi...
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Verisk Maplecroft Human Rights Outlook 2018 highlights modern slavery risks arising from automation & attacks on defenders as key challenges
Singapore: Tripartite standard to encourage age-inclusive workplaces benefiting employees age 60 up launched
Author: Fann Sim, Channel NewsAsia
"New voluntary tripartite standard launched to make workplaces elderly-friendly", 27 April 2018...
Vietnam: Singaporean banks finance coal-fired power station; Indonesian experience found energy source caused health problems, damaged crops
Author: David Fogarty, The Straits Times
DBS and OCBC are among a group of banks and lending agencies that have signed off on financing of about US$1.87 billion...for a controversial coal-fired power station in Vietnam....
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Palestine: Over 40 Asian NGOs urge UN to release names of companies profiting from Israeli settlements
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ASEAN: Crackdowns and deployment moratoriums create labour shortages; economic pressure creates more undocumented migrant workers
Author: Simon Roughneen & Yukako Ono, Nikkei Asian Review
"Southeast Asia's vulnerable migrants pose an economic Catch-22," 06 March 2018...
Singapore will help migrant workers set-up bank accounts to verify right salaries are promptly paid
Author: Reuters, Bangkok Post
"Singapore helps migrant workers track income", 22 February 2018...