Foreign Workers in Singapore
Life on a Sunday

 

b12.jpg (33618 bytes) 20 -30 of these Bangladesh workers lived in this small and dark dormitory room.
b10.jpg (36539 bytes) "Why are you taking photos? Are you going to show the world? Life in Singapore is not easy."
b9.jpg (35777 bytes) "Do you wanna join us for lunch?"
This small corner is their bed, cooking and dining area.
b3.jpg (43212 bytes) Make no mistake, this is in Singapore, not India nor Bangladesh.
b6.jpg (31884 bytes) Simply lazing around doing nothing.
b7.jpg (30005 bytes) Although there are no proper place to sit, it beats staying in the dark and cramped quarters.
b4.jpg (31714 bytes) For those who can afford a little luxury, there are many coffee shops and restaurants around.
buy.jpg (35534 bytes) Shopping for groceries.
b5.jpg (44194 bytes) Snail mails from home. They don't have Internet like us.
b2.jpg (37022 bytes) Big headache for motorist: red man but they are still dashing across. They are ignorant to traffic rules.
crowd.jpg (35737 bytes) By 7pm, the whole place is packed with them.
lane.jpg (32446 bytes) The 4 lanes road for vehicles has shrunk into 2 lanes. They have occupied the extreme lanes on both sides.
bus.jpg (28376 bytes) And when it is time to go back, they jammed up the bus stops...
lorry.jpg (28325 bytes) ...while others loaded up the private transport.
b1.jpg (34178 bytes) Hate them or pity them, these are the people who helped to scrape our skylines. We have to recognise their contribution.

 

Unlike my usual photos taken with color slides, these photos are taken in B&W.
2 & 16 Aug 98

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