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New defensive riding workshops for platform workers; Govt aims to reach 1,400 riders in two years
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The government is launching defensive riding workshops for platform workers, aiming to train 1,400 riders over two years, following 21 workplace deaths in the first half of 2026, including four platform workers. The initiative is part of a broader effort to improve safety for gig‑economy riders.
WHY IT MATTERS
It seeks to reduce fatalities among platform workers by providing targeted safety training.
The initiative comes as four platform workers were among 21 workplace deaths in first half of 2026.
This story was originally reported by The Straits Times. As an automated real-time news aggregator, NewsToolBar provides multi-perspective indexing and AI summarization while directing full readership directly to primary publisher sources.
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