Worker on secondment glad for 'chance to try out new things'

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Mr Abdul Hamid Abdul Ghani, 59, is one of eight workers seconded to Hope Technik where they assemble the engineering firm's temperature assessment systems - which are used for temperature screening in public places - and carry out quality control che

Mr Abdul Hamid Abdul Ghani, 59, is one of eight workers seconded to Hope Technik where they assemble the engineering firm's temperature assessment systems - which are used for temperature screening in public places - and carry out quality control checks.

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Calvin Yang

For eight years, Mr Abdul Hamid Abdul Ghani worked as a passenger service associate at Changi Airport, where he checked in passengers and scanned their passes and passports before they boarded their flights.
But work ground to a halt at the end of March, when global air travel was crippled by the Covid-19 pandemic.
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