Singapore security firm MD started company to train up security guards properly, and also to treat them well

As a property manager in the early 2000s, post-9/11, Alvin Lee was struck by the state of the security sector and the lives led by the guards he met.

"Things were quite bad in those days. There were security guards who were not paid but were still on the job, and many of them may not even be aware of their employment rights when they were caught in a situation like this. I asked them, why don't you quit? But they said if they quit, then they would definitely not be able to get paid for all their work.

I think many of them were also casual labourers, back then there were no regulations and anybody can be a guard, there was no training needed. You can pick somebody from the street and put him in a uniform to be a guard."

Read his story here: https://bt.sg/Jia6