New rules to boost construction skills
From 2017, at least 1 in 10 Work Permit workers must be of higher skill, says DPM Tharman
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WITH the inflow of foreign workers easing to the pace that the government wants, the policy focus is now shifting to raising the quality of these workers - starting with the construction sector.
Come Jan 1, 2017, at least one in 10 Work Permit workers on construction companies' payrolls must be higher- skilled R1 workers, Deputy Prime Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam said on Thursday night.
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