(双语)反思新加坡骚乱 外籍劳工之痛.doc

反思新加坡骚乱 外籍劳工之痛 A rare riot here, staged by hundreds of workers from South Asia, is reviving public concern about the socioeconomic impact and sustainability of Singapores heavy reliance on overseas labor. 来自南亚的数百名劳工在新加坡掀起一场罕见的骚乱，再度引发了公众对新加坡过度依赖外籍劳动所带来的社会经济影响及其可持续性的关注。 Sundays incident in Singapores Little India district-a popular weekend hangout for South Asian expatriates and migrant workers-ended a riot-free period extending more than four decades and has blotted the city-states image as one of Asias safest countries. Analysts and labor activists say the unrest points to a growing challenge for policy makers trying to maintain social cohesion and curb antiforeigner sentiment amid festering tensions among its large migrant workforce. 周日发生在新加坡“小印度”区的这起事件不仅终结了新加坡40余年无骚乱的历史，也给这座城市国家作为亚洲最安全国家之一的形象抹了黑。“小印度”是新加坡南亚侨民和外籍劳工周末的聚集地。分析人士和劳工维权人士说，新加坡有大量外籍劳工，不同民族之间的紧张情绪不断加剧，这场骚乱凸现出新加坡决策者在试图维护社会凝聚力和抑制排外情绪方面所面临的日益严峻的挑战。 Police and eyewitnesses say the riot started at about 9:30 p.m. after a bus hit and killed a 33-year-old Indian man. South Asian workers at the scene reacted by attacking the bus with sticks, stones and garbage bins, and later assaulted arriving police officers and paramedics, TV footage showed. 警方和目击证人说，骚乱始于周日晚上9点30分左右，当时，一辆巴士撞死一名33岁的印度男子。电视画面显示，南亚外籍劳工在事故现场用棍棒、石块和垃圾桶袭击那辆巴士，随后又攻击了闻讯赶来的警察和医务人员。 The violence was quelled by 11 p.m. by about 300 police officers-but not before injuries were inflicted on at least 39 law-enforcement and emergency-services personnel, as well as the driver and conductor aboard the bus in the accident. Dozens of police, emergency-services and privately owned vehicles were damaged, including five vehicles that were burned. 在大约300名警察的帮助下，骚乱于当晚11点前平息，但至少有39名执法人员和紧急服务人员以及肇事巴士的司机和售票员受了伤。警方、紧急服务机构和私人拥有的几十辆车受损，其中五辆车被烧毁。 Public violence is virtually unheard of in Singapore, where public assembly is strictly regulated. But incidents like this were, in a sense, waiting to happen, especially given the dense weekend crowds in Little India numbering in t