In this photograph taken on September 14, 2021 migrant workers are pictured working at a construction site in Singapore. - AFP
SINGAPORE, Jan 29 (Bloomberg): Singapore’s non-resident workforce expanded for the first time in two years last quarter, driven by an increase in the construction sector after some border restrictions were eased.
That helped push total employment up by 47,400 in the quarter, the Ministry of Manpower said Friday, as a pick-up in local resident hires also gained pace driven by seasonal hiring in the service and retail sectors and growing demand in areas like IT and financial services.
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