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MEDIA FACTSHEET ON NTUC LUNAR NEW YEAR VISITS 2020

CHANGI AIRPORT TERMINAL 3 Union: National Taxi Association (NTA) Special Guest: Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) and Minister for Finance Date: 25 January 2020, Saturday

Key Areas Details Name of company (s) Changi Airport Group (Union: NTA) that we are visiting Programme highlights DPM Heng, NTUC President Mary Liew, NTUC Secretary- General (SG) , NTUC Vice President (VP) Ong Hwee Liang and NTUC Central Committee (CC) member Sazali Zainal and NTUC Assistant Director-General joined NTA leaders in spreading cheer to taxi drivers who provide transport services to travellers during the festive season. NTA leaders also distributed gift bags at the other airport terminals this morning, reaching out to 1,000 taxi drivers in total. Types of workers Taxi and maxicab drivers, trolley retrievers, taxi coordinators, cleaners (with cleaning robots), ground handling agents, workers from Cheers and Heavenly Wang café, money changer, etc. Other POHs involved 1. Senior Minister of State for Transport 2. Senior Parliamentary Secretary (SPS) for Social and Family Development and for Education (also Advisor to NTA) Point of Contact: NTUC Strategic Communications Jannah Ismaeil, Senior Consultant Mobile: 9660 8312 Email: [email protected]

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BUS AND RAIL DEPOTS, RESORTS WORLD SENTOSA AND SENTOSA DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION Unions: National Transport Workers’ Union (NTWU); Attractions, Resorts and Entertainment Union (AREU); and Amalgamated Union of Public Employees (AUPE) Special Guest: Minister for Trade and Industry Date: 25 January 2020, Saturday

Key Areas Details Name of company (s) 1. SMRT Corporation Ltd (For Woodlands Bus Depot) that we are visiting (Union: NTWU) 2. SBS Transit Ltd (For Seletar Bus Depot and Gali Batu Rail Depot) (Union: NTWU) 3. Resorts World Sentosa (RWS) (Union: AREU) 4. Sentosa Development Corporation (SDC) (Union: AUPE) 5. Sentosa Golf Club (SGC) (Union: AUPE) Programme highlights Bus and rail depots: Minister Chan Chun Sing, SMS and MOS (Woodlands Bus Depot only), together with NTUC Assistant Secretary-General and NTWU Executive Secretary , visited and spread cheer to some 620 bus captains, train captains, office workers and train operations crew at Woodlands Bus Depot, Seletar Bus Depot and Gali Batu Rail Depot. They were accompanied by NTUC Central Committee members Ken Tan, Lim Teck Chuan, Raymond Chin and NTWU leaders. Minister Chan and SMS Janil also wished and distributed red packets and oranges to these workers, who continue to work hard to provide transport services to commuters during the festive season.

Sentosa: Minister Chan visited the back-of-house operations at RWS which includes the laundry room, deployment office and staff cafeteria. The workers he met are mostly staff from the casino. He then went to SDC and met some staff on duty before ending his visit at Sentosa SGC where he met F&B and house cleaning staff together with some caddies. In total, he met around 200 workers at Sentosa. Minister Chan was accompanied by NTUC CC member and AUPE General Secretary Sanjeev Tiwari, NTUC CC member Luke Hee as well as NTUC Assistant Secretary-General . Types of workers Bus and rail depots: Bus captains, train captains, office workers, train operations crew

RWS: Casino staff, cooks, operations and support staff SDC and SGC: Ticketing staff, ground operations staff and SDC contractors Other POHs involved (For bus and rail depots only) 1. Senior Minister of State for Transport Janil Puthucheary

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2. Minister of State for Manpower Zaqy Mohamad (Woodlands Bus Depot only) Point of Contact: NTUC Strategic Communications (Bus and rail depots) Vimala Krishnan, Principal Consultant Mobile: 9850 2786 Email: [email protected]

(RWS and SDC) Steffi Lee, Consultant Mobile: 9750 0866 Email: [email protected]

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PSA PASIR PANJANG TERMINAL Unions: Port Workers’ Union (POU) and Port Workers Union (SPWU) Special Guest: , Minister in Prime Minister's Office, Second Minister for Finance and Second Minister for Education Date: 25 January 2020, Saturday

Key Areas Details Name of company (s) PSA Singapore (Unions: POU and SPWU) Programme highlights Minister Indranee and SPS , accompanied by NTUC Secretary for Financial Affairs and SPWU General Secretary Arasu Duraisamy, NTUC Deputy Secretary-General as well as NTUC Central Committee member and POU President Benjamin Tang, joined union leaders from SPWU and POU to show their appreciation to close to 1,000 port workers at PSA Singapore. These workers continue to work on the first day of the Lunar New Year to ensure that our port operations, which functions 24 hours each day and 365 days a year, remains smooth running.

Types of workers Container equipment specialists, lashing specialists, prime mover drivers, technicians and supervisors.

Other POHs involved Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Transport Baey Yam Keng

Point of Contact: NTUC Strategic Communications Khoo Xi Ying, Consultant Mobile: 9150 7218 Email: [email protected]

Katelyne Ko, Deputy Director Mobile: 9155 1109 Email: [email protected]

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JURONG BUS INTERCHANGE AND MRT STATION Union: National Transport Workers’ Union (NTWU) Special Guest: Minister for Social and Family Development & Second Minister for National Development Desmond Lee Date: 25 January 2020, Saturday

Key Areas Details Name of company (s) 1. Tower Transit Singapore (TTS) ( East Bus Interchange) (Union: NTWU) 2. SMRT Corporation Ltd (SMRT) ( MRT Station) (Union: NTWU) Programme highlights Minister Desmond Lee and SMS Janil Puthucheary together with NTUC Assistant Secretary-General (ASG) and NTWU Executive Secretary Melvin Yong as well as NTUC ASG , visited and spread cheer to some 150 bus captains, train captains, office workers and train operations crew at Jurong East Bus Interchange and MRT Station. They were accompanied by NTUC Central Committee member Eileen Yeo and NTWU leaders. Minister Lee and SMS Janil wished and distributed red packets and oranges to these transport workers who continue to work hard to provide transport services to commuters during the festive season. Types of workers Bus interchange: Bus captains MRT station: Staff at Station Passenger Service Office and Station Operations Room Other POHs involved Senior Minister of State for Transport Janil Puthucheary

Point of Contact: NTUC Strategic Communications Lim Li Yin, Principal Consultant Mobile: 9170 7622 Email: [email protected]

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NTUC FairPrice Union: Food, Drinks and Allied Workers’ Union (FDAWU) Special Guest: NTUC Secretary-General Ng Chee Meng Date: 24 January 2020, Friday

Key Areas Details Name of company (s) NTUC FairPrice (Union: FDAWU)

Programme highlights NTUC Secretary-General (SG) Ng Chee Meng, Group Chief Executive Officer, NTUC Enterprise; CEO, FairPrice Group and Labour MP and NTUC Central Committee members Tan Richard and Lim Wen Sheng were at the FairPrice (FP) outlet at Rivervale Mall greeting and appreciating FP staff who were busy working hard during LNY eve to do essential LNY grocery runs.

Types of workers 50 workers, both front of house and back of house service eg. cashiers, store attendants Other POHs involved NA

Point of Contact: NTUC Enterprise Sheryl Chen Assistant Vice President, Brand & Communications Mobile: 9747 0228 Email: [email protected]

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