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Construction firms boost hiring, wages as industry recovers from pandemic
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It costs about $600 to bring in new workers now, compared with about $2,000 previously.
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SINGAPORE - Construction companies here are ramping up their hiring and bumping up salaries, as the sector recovers from its worst-hit days at the peak of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Industry players say general workers, or those who do not have specialised skills, can expect to earn around $23 a day, up from $18 a day pre-pandemic.
