Published on 04:28 PM, September 06, 2022

Summit supports migrant workers in Singapore

Left to right: Muhammed Aziz Khan, Founder Chairman, Summit Group, K. Shanmugam, Honourable Minister of Home Affairs and Law, Singapore and Shama Rahman, eminent Tagore singer. Photo: Courtesy

In an effort to fundraise for the Migrant Workers' Welfare Fund, HOME in Singapore, Summit with the Tagore Society Singapore organised a charity concert, said a press release.

Shama Rahman, a global ambassador of Rabindra Sangeet performed in the concert.

All the proceedings were given to HOME to assist low-wage migrant workers in Singapore, who suffer abuse and exploitation such as unpaid salaries, excessive working hours, work injuries, physical and psychological abuse.

At the event Muhammed Aziz Khan, founder chairman of Summit Group said , "Today, we all need a philosophical guru like Rabindranath Tagore in this world, where war mongers are gaining grounds, poverty is being self-created by nations and divisions of humanity are being built once again."

Tauhedul Islam, high commissioner of Bangladesh to Singapore, Derek Loh, high commissioner of Singapore to Bangladesh and High Commissioner of India to Singapore, P Kumaran were also present at the concert, among others, read the release.