Foreign worker quota cuts: Tough love for the construction sector
Singapore
THE Budget put millions of much needed rescue dollars on the table for tourism-related sectors reeling from the Covid-19 outbreak. But construction got tighter quotas on skilled foreign labour, instead of targeted goodies.
These curbs - though unwelcome for industry players - have been read as a sign that the government is looking beyond the virus crisis and pressing on with a big-picture goal to transform manpower-intensive industries.
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