The government will again raise levies on foreign construction workers with only basic skills from S$600 (RM1,562) per worker to S$700 (RM1,822) in July 2016, said Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam as he delivered the Budget statement in Parliament.
But the levy for higher-skilled foreign construction workers will remain unchanged to encourage firms to opt for them, he said yesterday.
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