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Written Answer to PQ by Minister on allowing fully vaccinated workers from ASEAN countries to mitigate labour crunch in construction and renovation industries

Foreign manpower

NOTICE PAPER NO. 798 OF 2021 FOR THE SITTING ON 01 NOVEMBER 2021
QUESTION NO. 1259 FOR WRITTEN ANSWER

MP: Mr Ang Wei Neng

To ask the Minister for Manpower whether the Ministry will consider allowing fully vaccinated workers from ASEAN countries, other than domestic helpers, to enter Singapore to join the construction and renovation industry to mitigate the labour crunch.

Answer

The Honourable Member may be aware that since he filed the question, the Ministry of Health has lifted travel restrictions on countries which have provided the workers for the construction industry.

2 MOM resumed approvals on 15 Oct 2021 for migrant workers (MWs) from the Construction, Marine Shipyard and Process (CMP) sectors who are arriving from 1 November 2021.

3 While we are allowing more workers to enter Singapore to meet the needs of industries and families, we need to do so in a safe and calibrated manner. All work pass holders, regardless of their travel history, must be fully vaccinated when they enter Singapore from 1 November 2021 unless they have been given prior exemption.