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15-10-2015, 06:50 PM
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SINGAPORE: Action must be taken against an irresponsible contractor who failed to install window grilles in a Yishun flat in which a four-year-old boy fell to his death, Home Affairs and Law Minister K Shanmugam said.
In a Facebook post on Thursday (Oct 15), Mr Shanmugam, who is a Member of Parliament (MP) for Nee Soon GRC, said the contractor’s conduct was "shameful and irresponsible" and contributed to the tragedy.
The boy fell from an open window in the ninth-floor flat last Tuesday (Oct 6). He was alone at home at the time, media reports said. The family had just moved into the flat, and according to them, the contractor they hired had failed to do a number of works, including installing the window grilles.
Attempts to contact the contractor were unsuccessful, the father told Mr Shanmugam. Even after the tragedy happened, there was no apology or visit from the contractor, the father added.
“One can understand the parents’ anger, anguish. To lose a child like this because someone has not done what he is supposed to have done. And the conduct after the tragedy is shocking,” Mr Shanmugam wrote.
There must be steps taken against such contractors, he said. “We must help the family to get legal recourse. It won’t bring back the child, but there has to be some justice done. I have told we will help find a lawyer for the family.”
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Any tom dick and harry can become contractor in Singapore?
SINGAPORE: Action must be taken against an irresponsible contractor who failed to install window grilles in a Yishun flat in which a four-year-old boy fell to his death, Home Affairs and Law Minister K Shanmugam said.
In a Facebook post on Thursday (Oct 15), Mr Shanmugam, who is a Member of Parliament (MP) for Nee Soon GRC, said the contractor’s conduct was "shameful and irresponsible" and contributed to the tragedy.
The boy fell from an open window in the ninth-floor flat last Tuesday (Oct 6). He was alone at home at the time, media reports said. The family had just moved into the flat, and according to them, the contractor they hired had failed to do a number of works, including installing the window grilles.
Attempts to contact the contractor were unsuccessful, the father told Mr Shanmugam. Even after the tragedy happened, there was no apology or visit from the contractor, the father added.
“One can understand the parents’ anger, anguish. To lose a child like this because someone has not done what he is supposed to have done. And the conduct after the tragedy is shocking,” Mr Shanmugam wrote.
There must be steps taken against such contractors, he said. “We must help the family to get legal recourse. It won’t bring back the child, but there has to be some justice done. I have told we will help find a lawyer for the family.”
Click here to view the whole thread at www.sammyboy.com (http://sammyboy.com/showthread.php?218315-its-all-contractor-fault&goto=newpost).