SINGAPORE - A review of current workplace safety and health (WSH) personnel requirements is under way after 27 workers, both local and foreign, died in the first six months of this year - double that of the same period in 2019 and the most since 2016.
In the light of the rising toll, the question is whether such a review, while timely, is enough to nip the problem in the bud.
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