Relief measures reprieve for builders, but month-long shutdown a dampener

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AS the circuit breaker measures kick in, the engineering and construction industry is likely to be hard hit, even as the government rolls out new relief measures to cushion some of the impact. Read more at The Business Times.

Said Jesica Lee, chief financial officer of International Cement Group :"The additional government measures on jobs support schemes will help to defray a significant portion of our staff costs as we have many non-local employees.

Ms Lee also said that ICG is waiting for more information on rental rebates from their landlords. The government's new Covid-19 bill providing temporary relief from some legal obligations in light of the coronavirus outbreak"will definitely help". Its principal design-and-build subsidiary, Boustead Projects E&C, will suspend non-essential construction activities at all of its construction sites in Singapore, except where exempted by the authorities, and only resume full operations when the circuit breaker ends.

 

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