'Singapore needs to get back to achieving high workplace safety standards'


A migrant construction worker walks through a half-constructed pedestrian tunnel in Singapore. A total of 31 workers, both foreign and local, have died in the first seven months of this year. - Reuters

SINGAPORE, July 27 (The Straits Times/ANN): From a tender system that considers a contractor's safety record to monthly safety inspections often involving senior management, workplace safety starts at the top for property developer Keppel Land in its mission to have zero work-related fatalities.

Since 2019, the firm, which has projects across Asia, has been giving its contractors and sub-contractors bonuses if they meet safety standards, while progress payments are withheld from those who fall short.

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