Nothing wrong with that except that why should the govt be the BEST PAID in the world while the citizens should accept being paid a few hundred bucks a month?
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Coffeeshop Chit Chat - Sporean Urged To Be Construction Workers</TD><TD id=msgunetc noWrap align=right>
Subscribe </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><TABLE class=msgtable cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="96%"><TBODY><TR><TD class=msg vAlign=top><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR class=msghead><TD class=msgbfr1 width="1%"> </TD><TD><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 border=0><TBODY><TR class=msghead><TD class=msgF noWrap align=right width="1%">From: </TD><TD class=msgFname noWrap width="68%">SGNEWSALTE <NOBR></NOBR> </TD><TD class=msgDate noWrap align=right width="30%">6:22 am </TD></TR><TR class=msghead><TD class=msgT noWrap align=right width="1%" height=20>To: </TD><TD class=msgTname noWrap width="68%">ALL <NOBR></NOBR></TD><TD class=msgNum noWrap align=right> (1 of 4) </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR><TR><TD class=msgleft width="1%" rowSpan=4> </TD><TD class=wintiny noWrap align=right>3422.1 </TD></TR><TR><TD height=8></TD></TR><TR><TD class=msgtxt>"Go work in construction site, or you die your business" - that seems to be the message now from the PAP govt. We pay the ministers million $ salary to ask Singaporeans to become construction workers?
http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%2BNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_310897.html
Locals wanted in construction <!--10 min-->
<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR></TR><TR></TR><TR><TD><!-- headline one : start --></TD></TR><TR></TR><TR><TD><!-- headline one : end --></TD></TR><TR><TD><!-- Author --></TD></TR><TR><TD class="padlrt8 georgia11 darkgrey bold" colSpan=2>By Jermyn Chow
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<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"-->MORE Singaporeans are being encouraged to join the construction industry to help ease the shortage of tradesmen and foremen.
The move is also aimed at relying less on foreign workers who currently fill the bulk of entry-level positions in Singapore.
To woo local workers, the Government will help defray the costs of training by subsidising courses at the Building and Construction Authority (BCA) Academy in order to re-skill and turn workers into trained electricians and construction plant operators.
The training will also equip new entrants with knowledge so they can take advantage of opportunities to become supervisors, managers, executives and technicians - known as PMETs - who typically earn more.
New local entrants can expect to earn between $1,400 and $1,700 a month while PMETS can take home between $1,600 and $3,500 per month.
Together with partners like the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) and the Workforce Development Agency (WDA), BCA will tap into the recently launched $600 million Government programme - dubbed the Skills Programme for Upgrading and Resilience or Spur - to fund the training schemes and subsidies.
'We need to have more locals who can stay for the long term in the industry to form a core team to lead the transient foreign workforce that comes and goes,' explained BCA's deputy CEO (Industry and Corporate Development) Lam Siew Wah.
Currently, there are about 200,000 construction workers in Singapore - about one in five are Singaporeans. The Government hopes to double the number in the long term.
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http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%2BNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_310897.html
Locals wanted in construction <!--10 min-->
<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR></TR><TR></TR><TR><TD><!-- headline one : start --></TD></TR><TR></TR><TR><TD><!-- headline one : end --></TD></TR><TR><TD><!-- Author --></TD></TR><TR><TD class="padlrt8 georgia11 darkgrey bold" colSpan=2>By Jermyn Chow
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<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"-->MORE Singaporeans are being encouraged to join the construction industry to help ease the shortage of tradesmen and foremen.
The move is also aimed at relying less on foreign workers who currently fill the bulk of entry-level positions in Singapore.
To woo local workers, the Government will help defray the costs of training by subsidising courses at the Building and Construction Authority (BCA) Academy in order to re-skill and turn workers into trained electricians and construction plant operators.
The training will also equip new entrants with knowledge so they can take advantage of opportunities to become supervisors, managers, executives and technicians - known as PMETs - who typically earn more.
New local entrants can expect to earn between $1,400 and $1,700 a month while PMETS can take home between $1,600 and $3,500 per month.
Together with partners like the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) and the Workforce Development Agency (WDA), BCA will tap into the recently launched $600 million Government programme - dubbed the Skills Programme for Upgrading and Resilience or Spur - to fund the training schemes and subsidies.
'We need to have more locals who can stay for the long term in the industry to form a core team to lead the transient foreign workforce that comes and goes,' explained BCA's deputy CEO (Industry and Corporate Development) Lam Siew Wah.
Currently, there are about 200,000 construction workers in Singapore - about one in five are Singaporeans. The Government hopes to double the number in the long term.
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