Economics
Virus Cases at Dorms Add to Singapore Construction Woes
- Construction industry plunged 59.3% year-on-year last quarter
- Businesses say they have to bear additional costs amid delays
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Singapore’s construction industry is bearing the brunt of ongoing virus cases at migrant worker dormitories, clouding the outlook for the city-state’s economy as it struggles to rebound.
Pockets of new infections continue to be detected in foreign-worker dorms, which had previously been declared cleared of the virus, and there have been some delays in getting routine virus testing completed. That’s resulted in a slower-than-anticipated return of workers to construction sites.