inSing.com, 23 Sep 2011
It is difficult to attract local hires to fill cleaning positions in the cleaning industry even if the monthly salary is as high as $1,400 per month.
Employers have no alternative but to employ foreign workers at a much steeper labour cost of $3,000.
Although the monthly salary of foreign workers is lower than that of local ones, there are miscellaneous costs such as labour taxes, lodging and accommodation, medical insurance, and one-time round-trip airfare and agency fees to consider. Full story