Their dining area remains empty — the workers are not allowed to eat there. And so Omar Sakib must have his meals in his room instead, with his 11 other roommates. They cannot “gather” in the dormitory corridors either. “We’re only allowed to go to the toilet, use the toilet and come back to our room,” he said. “There are so many restrictions still in my dorm, so I feel like I’m in lockdown.” It has been nearly a year since COVID-19 started to hit foreign worker dormitories, and about six months since most of the workers could return to work. But for some of them, life has not changed much. Sayed, for example, lives in a smaller room than the one in his previous dormitory. There are 10 of them there, but “still 16 beds inside”. “It looks overcrowded,” he said. Being able to get food in a timely manner was just one of the challenges. And it still is for some. “While we’re collecting our food from catering, (there’s) a long queue,” said Sakib, another worker who has worked here for 11 years.... Continue Reading