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Jump in cost of foreign labour in Singapore amid VTL curbs
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Workers can now enter Singapore only through channels that require quarantine, such as the Work Pass Holder General Lane.
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SINGAPORE - The costs of bringing in foreign workers have shot up dramatically for construction companies.
In some cases, the firms end up paying almost five times what they paid a few months ago, when these workers could fly in via quarantine-free vaccinated travel lanes (VTLs).
