SINGAPORE: Over the past six years of running his own food and beverage business, Foo Choo Kiat has had to double up as chef, cleaner and service staff from time to time.
The sector’s S Pass sub-DRC will also be cut from 15 per cent to 13 per cent and then to 10 per cent over the next two years.In his speech, Mr Heng cited uneven productivity growth across sectors and within services, segments like F&B and retail remain “very labour intensive”. “Relatively stagnant sales turnover yet more people are hired. Obviously, this is not very sustainable or productive.”
In particular, Mr Loh reckoned that mom-and-pop shops tend not to be optimal as they lack “the scale to be efficient”. “It was only when we had more outlets then it became a bigger problem – we cannot be filling in all the shifts, which motivated us to start thinking of solutions. And when you only have one shop, it doesn’t make a lot of sense to invest in equipment and enhance productivity.”
READ: Tighter foreign worker quotas in services sector ‘necessary’ to sustain restructuring, says Zaqy MohamadAs such, the RAS expects the further tightening of quotas to deal a hard blow to already-struggling F&B operators. This disrupts the upskilling plans that these companies may have for their local staff, the RAS said.
Flawed policy! Is our highly educated workforce taking up these positions? If so, how much more will goods and services cost in the future? Or let lower skilled migrants fill these positions and maintain the required service standards and quality of life!
who's fault ? LOL .....