The Singapore Contractors Association Ltd sent a letter to the government on 23 May 2020. The letter, addressed to Minister of Finance Heng Swee Keat, stated that construction companies should not bear the testing costs of swab tests. The Association wrote that the industry was "caught by surprise" by the 15 May 2020 announcement about employers bearing the cost of regular testing of construction workers in future.
The Association estimates that each test currently costs about $200, and it will translate into $120 million per month for the 300,000 foreign construction workers. This testing cost will be an added huge burden to contractors, and the Association is concerned that this deepening financial burden will cause many SMEs to collapse.
The Association therefore appealed to the Finance Minister and the government for help to stay afloat, as the livelihood of 100,000 local employees in the construction industry will be at stake.
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