Singapore to Allow More Construction Laborers to Start Work
- Total number of cases in the city-state nears 27,000
- 5% of construction workforce to be gradually added from June 2
A housing construction site stands idle in the Punggol area of Singapore on April 20.
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Singapore will allow more construction laborers to return to work as the city-state looks to restart an economy that has been largely shut because of the coronavirus pandemic.
The country will gradually add about 5% of the construction workforce, or about 20,000 workers, from June 2, on top of an existing 5% currently working on critical infrastructure projects, officials said at a briefing Friday. Authorities will gradually allow projects to resume, including tunneling projects for mass transit transport networks and sewerage systems as, well as suspended residential renovation works, they said.