SINGAPORE - The waste management sector was hit by a double whammy recently amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
Ms Tan, whose Wah & Hua company is among the 17 businesses in the consortium, said a key issue faced by many in the sector is attracting Singaporean workers. "For too long, the waste sector has had an unglamorous image which affected the recruitment of Singaporeans. The roadmap has thus come at an opportune time when we are facing a foreign manpower crunch made worse by Covid-19," she added.
The general waste management industry hires 16,000 workers, with about 12,000 from the general waste collection and recycling sub-sectors expected to benefit from the planned transformation.
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