Malaysian Commuters in Singapore Face a Tough Choice: Their Jobs or Their Family by VICE News on YouTube
Malaysian Commuters in Singapore Face a Tough Choice: Their Jobs or Their Family
The Malaysia-Singapore border is usually one of the world’s busiest, with about 300,000 commuters crossing into the city-state each day. But when Malaysia announced it would go on lockdown to fight COVID-19, thousands of commuters had to make the choice between staying at home or keeping their jobs. “Singapore dollars are three times as valuable,” Yumi Chiah, a commuter worker who left her children and husband in Malaysia for her factory job, told VICE News. “The salaries are not as high in [Malaysia]. We wouldn’t be able to support our family.” Subscribe to VICE News here: http://bit.ly/Subscribe-to-VICE-News Check out VICE News for more: http://vicenews.com Follow VICE News here: Facebook: https://ift.tt/1dg3mpt Twitter: https://twitter.com/vicenews Tumblr: https://ift.tt/1dg3pl5 Instagram: https://ift.tt/1koeNxu More videos from the VICE network: https://ift.tt/25ks6Xk #VICENewsTonight
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The Malaysia-Singapore border is usually one of the world’s busiest, with about 300,000 commuters crossing into the city-state each day. But when Malaysia announced it would go on lockdown to fight COVID-19, thousands of commuters had to make the choice between staying at home or keeping their jobs. “Singapore dollars are three times as valuable,” Yumi Chiah, a commuter worker who left her children and husband in Malaysia for her factory job, told VICE News. “The salaries are not as high in [Malaysia]. We wouldn’t be able to support our family.” Subscribe to VICE News here: http://bit.ly/Subscribe-to-VICE-News Check out VICE News for more: http://vicenews.com Follow VICE News here: Facebook: https://ift.tt/1dg3mpt Twitter: https://twitter.com/vicenews Tumblr: https://ift.tt/1dg3pl5 Instagram: https://ift.tt/1koeNxu More videos from the VICE network: https://ift.tt/25ks6Xk #VICENewsTonight
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