<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR>Why fast-food outlets manage to hire many Singaporeans
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<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"--><!-- more than 4 paragraphs -->EMPLOYERS, especially those in the retail and service industries, currently employ a high percentage of foreign workers from China, the Philippines and elsewhere. The jobs they take on are shunned by Singaporeans because of the long working hours. For example, retail hours are usually from 10am to 10pm.
If we can get employers to switch to flexi-hours, for example, by splitting the work into two shifts, many housewives will be able to work when their children are in school. This will reduce our reliance on foreign workers.
This is one reason why fast-food outlets manage to employ many Singaporeans. They offer flexi-hours where one can choose to work three hours a day or work part-time to handle the lunch or dinner crowd. Tan Lee Hwang (Ms)
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<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"--><!-- more than 4 paragraphs -->EMPLOYERS, especially those in the retail and service industries, currently employ a high percentage of foreign workers from China, the Philippines and elsewhere. The jobs they take on are shunned by Singaporeans because of the long working hours. For example, retail hours are usually from 10am to 10pm.
If we can get employers to switch to flexi-hours, for example, by splitting the work into two shifts, many housewives will be able to work when their children are in school. This will reduce our reliance on foreign workers.
This is one reason why fast-food outlets manage to employ many Singaporeans. They offer flexi-hours where one can choose to work three hours a day or work part-time to handle the lunch or dinner crowd. Tan Lee Hwang (Ms)
