A/HRC/17/40/Add.2 The Special Rapporteur formulates several recommendations. Among others, he recommends that the Government: • Remove legislative provisions which unduly restrict the rights to freedom of expression and assembly and which prevent individuals living in Singapore from holding open and fruitful public debate on matters related to ethnicity. • Remove the indication of one’s ethnic background on identification documents, so as not to perpetuate ethnic categorization of Singaporeans and to lessen the significance of ethnic identity in one’s interactions with the State and within Singaporean society at large. • Set up a national body, instead of ethnically based self-help groups, to coordinate efforts and provide people living in Singapore with complementary social services in an equal manner. • Consider making small adjustments to the public educational system, for instance with special temporary programmes, in order to allow Malay students to catch up with their Chinese counterparts. • Review guidelines, policies and practices that may prevent members of ethnic minorities to be employed in institutions that should reflect the diversity of Singapore, such as the armed forces, the police and the judiciary. • Act swiftly to ensure the protection of migrant workers’ human rights. In this regard, he recommends that the implementation of the Employment Act be enhanced and extended so as to cover domestic workers; that efforts be made to ensure the expeditious resolution of labour disputes; and that a minimum wage for migrant workers particularly vulnerable to exploitation be introduced. • Accede to international human rights instruments containing provisions reaffirming the fundamental human rights principles of non-discrimination and equality. 2