Even as authorities tighten the inflow of foreign workers over the years, Lee said their population needs to be managed, and there was an on-going inter-ministerial committee that looks into their welfare.
"One of the focuses was to try our best to see how we could speed up the construction of more dorms, so that the workers who are now housed in HDB estate or private properties, which have been rented out, they can be put in proper dorms. Then I think they can be better taken care of and there can be less impact on the community," Lee said.
Meanwhile, it was a quiet day today at most parts of Little India, the scene of a riot just a week ago.
The police said that no incidents have been reported in the area, which is observing a weekend ban on the sale and public consumption of alcohol.
"There were no incidents reported in Little India," said a police spokesman. "There were also no breaches of the alcohol ban detected and no one was caught for consuming alcohol in the public places in Little India."
Foreign Affairs and Law Minister K Shanmugam visited several dormitories and interacted with foreign workers, mostly South Asians.
