Leong Hao Ming's CID poverty in Singapore reflections

Today during our CID lesson I knew more about poverty in Singapore. The clip shown was about these construction workers building a luxury condominium, yet their living conditions were devastating. Many of them lived in one small cramped room and all their belongings lying around all over the room. The ventilation was very bad, there were pests all around like them for example cockroaches and lizards. Worst of all, there was a dirty drain with filthy water near their kitchen. After watching the video, I was devastated at how poor their living condition was. They had to cook food near a filthy drain, they lived with pests at night, and nobody bothered clearing up. I realised after the video that we were extremely fortunate to have a comfortable and clean environment to live in. I knew about how the workers were paid so less for many hours of labour yet at the end of the day could not relax at their dormitories. I hope that the developers can do something for them, to provide a more comfortable environment for them to live in. The government should also do something about this. These construction workers build homes for us to live in and they deserve credit for their hard work.