Recent there are some debate regarding the building of a dormitory for foreign workers in the vicinity of Serangoon Gardens. There are extreme responses from residents in the area. I support the group which object to building a dorm specially for them.
One little india is bad enough. We can't even curb the trouble from little india, why create another area of troubles? Try driving through little india on weekends....nobody gives a damn to the vehicles on the road.
On Xmas eves and new year eves....i used to love walking along orchard road around midnight, soaking in the festive and holiday atmosphere counting down to the holiday. I don't do that any more as the whole street will be infected with these foreign workers...roaming the streets in big groups, they make a hell lot of noise and public nuisance. No one will feel safe walk among them....and when i say big groups, i mean BIG groups...and there is an "s" behind the "group". There are many many many many foreign workers...enough to from a big crowd with you inside...others will not be able to know or notice what is happening inside the crowd even i they try to peek...yes, the numbers are THAT big. This is not little india i'm talking about but orcahrd road on festival eves. There is really no sense of security.
The rate of crimes committed by foreign workers is still low compared to crimes committed by Singaporeans. Yes. But we are not looking at the severity of these crimes. If we only look at the number of police cases, that would not reflect the realistic stats about crimes by foreign workers. The crimes by foreign workers are definitely more severe.
At at yesterday's papers....there is a report saying that the indian foreign workers actually pay to go into public swimming pools not to swim, but to ogle at ladies in swim wear. Some even scrutinising the ladies as if they themselves are some pageant judges.
Since little india is already "contaminated" and we can't do anything about it...let them stay there...why let them spread across Singapore?
I just pity those staying at little india area....
If you think that i am too bias.....think it this way, let's say you are staying in a block at e.g Tekka...and you have a young adult daughter (about 23 years old) who goes clubbing and/or go to the movies at night occassionally....would you feel safe with her coming home by herself knowing that there are foreign workers loitering around the area including your void deck area?
Anyway, this is how i feel about having another area for foreign worker lodging.
