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Oral Answer by Senior Minister of State Dr Koh Poh Koon on Job Matching for Cleaning and Waste Management Sectors

Foreign manpower

NOTICE PAPER NO. 1720 OF 2023 FOR SITTING ON OR AFTER 23 FEBRUARY 2023

QUESTION NO. 4235 FOR ORAL ANSWER

MP: Mr Louis Ng Kok Kwang

To ask the Minister for Manpower (a) whether the Ministry will consider holding consultations with the cleaning and waste management industry to introduce a system similar to the Foreign Construction Worker Directory to facilitate job matching between employers and foreign workers in the cleaning and waste management sector; and (b) if not, why not.

Answer

The Member had raised a similar question in 2019, and the position of the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) remains unchanged. Job-matching initiatives should be initiated and led by the respective industries to ensure that they meet employers’ and workers’ hiring needs and are sustainable. Currently, most employers and workers work with existing employment agencies for their job matching needs. If the cleaning and waste management industry assesses that a sector-specific job facilitation system is necessary, MOM would work with relevant industry representatives on their proposal.