Flexibility with China hires and more time among measures to help construction firms

Singapore

CONSTRUCTION firms will get temporary flexibility in recruiting workers from China; an additional 49-day extension of time for eligible public sector construction contracts; and quicker payouts from the public sector under cost-sharing arrangements, in the first wave of additional measures to support the industry, the Building and Construction Authority (BCA) said on Monday.

Last week, border measures with India were tightened further due to the Covid-19 situation in the country, affecting the flow of Indian workers into Singapore and "companies in the construction sector that are dependent on them", said BCA.