Lankan construction workers for Singapore
Singapore will soon see its first group of construction workers from
Sri Lanka and the Philippines.
Those from Sri Lanka are expected to start work in September this
year, and those from the Philippines a month later.The Building and
Construction Authority (BCA) said that for a start, Singapore is
bringing in about 200 Sri Lankan and 200 Filipino workers a month.
Four Overseas Training Centres in Sri Lanka and another four in the
Philippines have been given approval from the relevant authorities to
train and recruit the workers.
The training centres are operated by six Singapore construction
companies.
Sri Lanka and the Philippines have been identified as new sources of
foreign workers to cope with the construction boom in Singapore. Tiong
Aik Construction runs a training and testing centre for foreign
construction workers in Singapore.
- channelasianews.com
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