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