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Companies seek alternatives as workers from India, Bangladesh dwindle

Companies seek alternatives as workers from India, Bangladesh dwindle
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Companies seek alternatives as workers from India, Bangladesh dwindle
Workers at a construction site in Singapore on Sep 28, 2020. (File photo: AFP/Roslan Rahman)
07 May 2021 02:15PM)
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SINGAPORE: Companies that have traditionally relied on migrant workers from India and Bangladesh are now looking further afield for labour, several firms told CNA.
However, they also said that they are just starting to explore the options, and to expect project delays and disruptions for the time being.
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From May 2, Singapore barred entry or transit for visitors with recent travel history to Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. ....

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The frightening surge in Covid-19 cases in India has had repercussions around the world, and Singapore has not been spared, with delays and disruptions across the economy. ....

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Landscape companies to hire community gardeners to maintain neighbourhoods

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Landscape companies to hire resident gardeners to maintain neighbourhoods
NParks aims to create about 1,000 new and upgraded jobs over the next five years, with many leveraging new technologies as part of a digitalisation push.ST PHOTO: KUA CHEE SIONG
ITE students and NParks staff demonstrating the use of a Resistographc, which tests the health of trees, at Bishan-Ang Mo Kio Park on Jan 11, 2021.ST PHOTO: KUA CHEE SIONG
Minister for National Development Desmond Lee (left) watching a demonstration of how a drone is used for a virtual tree inspection, on Jan 11, 2021.ST PHOTO: KUA CHEE SIONG
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Residents to be hired to help care for neighbourhood gardens

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Residents to be hired to help care for neighbourhood gardens
Mr Desmond Lee (in blue) being given a demonstration of a tree inspection at Bishan- Ang Mo Kio Park. TNP PHOTO: KUA CHEE SIONG
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Those with green fingers may soon be employed on a part-time basis to help landscaping works in neighbourhood gardens.
Such opportunities will be part of about 1,000 new and upgraded jobs which the National Parks Board (NParks) aims to create over the next five years, said Minister for National Development Desmond Lee yesterday.
Many of the jobs - for Singaporeans - will leverage new technologies as part of NParks digitalisation push for the landscape industry. ....

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