Hundreds wait months for approval to work in Singapore

The Star Online, 26 Jan 2009, MEERA VIJAYAN

JOHOR BARU: He is willing to recruit hundreds of locals and give them jobs as security guards in Singapore, but is baffled why the Government is taking longer than usual to issue letters of good conduct.

Future Cisco Training Consultant Sdn Bhd director M. Selvam, 34, said that in the past it used to take about three weeks for the letters to be issued by Wisma Putra.

Since November last year, it has been taking almost double the time to process applications.

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