Migrant Workers Help Clear Water from in Bedok After SCDF Put Out Fire in HDB Flat

When it comes to winning the hearts and minds of people in Singapore, the SCDF does it all.

Whether through their Facebook page or through their actions.

 

And this time, their actions brought them praise from none other than Singapore’s newest Leader of the Opposition.

Pritam Singh: “Thank You”

On 7 Aug 2020, while most of us were probably fascinated by the National Day workout ad on YouTube, a fire broke out at 111 Bedok Reservoir Road.

Mr Pritam Singh took to Facebook to show his appreciation for our brave SCDF officers.

He said that there were no casualties in this incident.

A neighbour’s son, Rueben, managed to help the elderly gentleman residing within the unit out of the house.

Mr Singh revealed that both the elderly gentleman and his wife will be staying at their daughter’s place while their home gets restored.

He also thanked the SCDF team who had put out the fire by the time he arrived, as well as the police officers and HDB who rendered their assistance.

But those weren’t the only people he has to thank.

Foreign Workers Helped To Remove Excess Water

After the SCDF team managed to put out the fire, this was the aftermath.

However, instead of the residents themselves or SCDF who has to do clean-up duty, foreign workers stepped forward to help out.

Mr Singh says that foreign workers helped to get rid of the water that was seeping into the unit below.

Some Eunos residents also reached out to offer help to the affected family, he revealed.

You can read his full post below:

Not The First Time Foreign Workers Stepped Up

Because of the Circuit Breaker, a lot of town councils found themselves lacking the manpower to do the work needed around the estate, such as trimming the overgrown grass.

On Sunday, 19 Jul 2020, about 10 residents decided to roll up their sleeves and get to work, trimming the overgrown grass around HDB blocks at Toh Yi.

These residents are foreign workers who are temporarily put up at the former Ngee Ann Polytechnic staff apartments at 90, 92 and 94 Kismis Avenue.

They managed to cover about 1.5 hectares worth of grass on that day.

As for why they did it, the answer is simple yet heartwarming: they wanted to give back to the residents in the area.

One of the migrant workers, 32-year-old Natesan Muniaiah, who stays at Blk 92, said they are “very happy to do this” as “they are staying in the area”.

Back in May 2020, about 1,030 migrant workers were moved to the apartments.

Then, the residents prepared care packs for the workers and continued to supply them with food and other supplies.

Even when the workers were hard at work cutting the grass on 19 Jul, a resident was seen coming out with water and chilled drinks for the workers.

A resident had said that she was glad that the workers are helping to trim the overgrown grass as they could hold water and breed dengue mosquitoes.

Faith in humanity, restored.