Done/ finished the front design for the class tee, dunno if 2/8 like, aiya 2/8 always got a lot of comments/ disagrees one.

Shall post my LA expository essay! (idk why lately I hv been posting my LA hmwrk)

Topic: Are foreign workers to be housed next to a cemetery?

Research question: Are the Singaporeans treating the foreign workers right or fair in their housing?

Our group used the information provided by our teacher to understand more about the situation, regarding the issue that the foreign workers in Singapore are housed next to or near a cemetery. I wanted to know about the different opinions about the foreign workers from different people.

Firstly, we planned to do an in-depth interview with two people each member, so as to compare the different results. I wanted to know if the people considered the feelings of the foreign workers and be in their shoes.

We constructed five interview questions, each interviewee having to state a reason to support their answer:
1. Should the foreign workers be housed in the heart of HDB flats?
2. Should the foreign workers be housed in environments most Singaporeans live in (close to supermarkets, shops etc)?
3. Is it fair that the foreign workers be housed near a cemetery?
4. Is segregation taking place in Singapore?
5. Do you despise the foreign workers?

I decided to interview people from both genders, as I think the opinions between a boy and a girl will be different because from a girl’s point of view, it will be different from a boy, e.g. the presence of the foreign workers that make girls feel insecure or unsafe, but maybe not for a boy.

My biggest problem was trying not to express my own opinions out to the interviewee, because this may change their point of view, causing the results to be biased.

Alvin mentioned that it is not fair for the foreign workers to live in such living conditions (near/ next to a cemetery), because they work for us, and some even work harder than us. So they should have better living conditions. However my sister has a different opinion. She thinks that it is no unfairness in letting them live in such place. They came to Singapore to have working chances so they must appreciate the hospitality provided to them, and because Singapore has land scarcity so they have no choice but to live in not-so-good environments. But eventually after we collate our results most of the interviewees agreed with Alvin’s answers, and has same opinions as him.

I conclude that the country should provide better hospitality for the foreign workers because they work for us, even if they really came to Singapore to earn a living but they are willing to accept those coarse jobs that picky Singaporeans don’t want to take on. Thus, giving them a better living environment should be fair.