Will dormitories with capacity of 6 or fewer beds not licensed under the Foreign Employee Dormitories Act (FEDA) be required to undergo the Dormitory Transition Scheme (DTS)?

No, the DTS and New Dormitory Standards (NDS) are not mandatory for non-FEDA dormitories as the risks of large-scale disease outbreak and thus impact on public health resilience is low.

Nonetheless, we encourage all dormitories to meet DTS interim standards or NDS, where possible.