{"id":4525,"date":"2022-04-17T10:46:57","date_gmt":"2022-04-17T02:46:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apac.softbankrobotics.com\/apac\/?post_type=events_activities&#038;p=4525"},"modified":"2022-08-25T21:10:24","modified_gmt":"2022-08-25T13:10:24","slug":"the-big-read-fb-manpower-woes-whither-the-big-productivity-push-or-are-there-just-too-many-eateries-in-spore","status":"publish","type":"events_activities","link":"https:\/\/apac.softbankrobotics.com\/apac\/events-and-activities\/the-big-read-fb-manpower-woes-whither-the-big-productivity-push-or-are-there-just-too-many-eateries-in-spore\/","title":{"rendered":"The Big Read: F&#038;B manpower woes \u2014 with the big productivity push? 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In fact, the interdependence between the two sectors should also make policymakers sit up to address the issue, some felt\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Govt agencies stress the need for the sector to reduce its manpower reliance and pointed out that there is an &#8216;oversaturation&#8217; in the industry, with more and more F&amp;B firms being set up even during the pandemic years<\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>They added that the quality of jobs and the wage levels will be adversely affected if the F&amp;B sector doesn&#8217;t raise its productivity\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Read more from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.todayonline.com\/big-read\/big-read-fb-manpower-woes-whither-big-productivity-push-or-are-there-just-too-many-eateries-spore-1874076\">TODAY ONLINE<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":4526,"template":"","region":[46,11],"months":[32],"years":[82],"class_list":["post-4525","events_activities","type-events_activities","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","region-global","region-sg","months-april","years-82"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Big Read: F&amp;B manpower woes \u2014 with the big productivity push? 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