28 July 2021, Wednesday – ASPRI held a sustainability-themed webinar which was co-organised by Carbon Pricing Leadership Coalition (CPLC) Singapore. The webinar titled, “Increasing Profit Through Lowering Emissions”, was led by Dr Ryal Wun, Deputy Executive Director of the United Nations Global Compact Network Singapore (GCNS), as well as the Managing Director of CPLC Singapore. Please click here to view the webinar slides. GCNS and CPLC Singapore work in collaboration with the National Environment Agency (NEA) and Enterprise Singapore (ESG) to help local companies lower emissions, facilitate business matching and internationalise. Dr Ryal explained the benefits of reducing one’s carbon footprint and highlighted that more industries and companies are being more transparent in improving their sustainability efforts. He also shared some of the tools and solutions ASPRI members can adopt to measure and monitor their carbon footprint and reduce operation costs. One such tool was the Carbon & Emissions Recording Tool (CERT). One of ASPRI’s member, Vac-Tech Engineering Pte Ltd, is a CPLC partner and has participated in their Carbon Management Workshop. Mr Retna Vinod, Safety Manager of Vac-Tech, shared their decarbonisation journey and how CERT was useful to quantitively measure data, eventually helping them reduce their electrical and water usage. If you would like to learn how to measure your carbon footprint and simultaneously reduce business costs, kindly email CERT@unglobalcompact.sg for enquiry. The Association would like to thank our members who attended today’s webinar and we look forward to seeing everyone in future events.
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1 event,30 July 2021, Friday – In view of the increased foreign manpower cost due to foreign manpower shortages caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, an additional legislative relief under Part 10A of the COVID-19 (Temporary Measures) Act 2020 ("COTMA") is provided to ensure that all parties along the value chain step up to co-share the increased costs. To help our members better understand Part 10A of the COTMA, ASPRI organised a webinar which covered its purpose and how it helps to defray manpower costs. The webinar was led Mr David Shanmugam, Counsel of Netto & Magin LLC. To view the webinar slides, please click here. In the context of Part 10 of the COTMA, “foreign manpower salary costs” refers to the remuneration – including bonuses, allowances, and overtime payments – payable to individuals who are neither citizens or permanent residents of Singapore holding a work permit. This excludes any quarantine, insurance or miscellaneous test costs. Contract parties are to negotiate and adjust contract sums to take into account of increased foreign manpower salary costs incurred. If the negotiation is successful, there is no need to apply for this relief and parties may proceed to adjust contract sum as negotiated. However, if the negotiation is unsuccessful, the contractor can seek determination from an Assessor. The contractor must show documentation of reasonable attempts of negotiation. Examples of such negotiation could include meeting minutes, correspondence, and recordings of such attempts. The Assessor will then conduct the necessary checks for eligibility. Please click here to view the negotiation process in an infographic format. Further details of the relief, together with the subsidiary legislation, will be announced in the near future. For further clarifications or enquiries, you may wish to email Mr Shanmugam at shanugam@yahoo.com.sg. The Association would like to once again thank our members who attended today’s webinar and we look forward to seeing everyone in future events. To re-watch the webinar, please click here. |
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1 event,20 August 2021, Friday – In view of the recent changes to the Employment Act, this webinar covers the updated changes, including insurance and claims benefit and the recent addition of benefits for employees during this pandemic. To help our members better understand Employment Act & Employee Benefits for Local and Foreign Employees, ASPRI organised a webinar which covered its purpose and how it helps to understand the various benefits and Employment Act. The webinar was led Mr David Shanmugam, Counsel of Netto & Magin LLC and Ms Summer Foo, Financial Service Consultant of AIA Singapore. To view the webinar slides, please click on the links below. Mr Shanmugam started off by mentioning the various benefits employees should get under the Contract of Service, which includes annual & medical leaves and basic medical benefits. He also added on a few scenarios for Termination of Service, such as employers cannot reject one’s resignation notice. Finally, he touched on a few guidelines on the dismissal grounds and what employers should be aware of. Next, Ms Foo presented on the various employee benefits for both local and foreign employees, such as implementing basic insurance care for them. She also covered certain insurance companies allow teleconsultation when one is sick. She also introduced for those that are experiencing COVID-19 symptoms, will have a quicker access route to the General Practitioners (GP). For further clarifications or enquiries, you may wish to email Mr Shanmugam at shanugam@yahoo.com.sg or Ms Foo at Summer@aia.com.sg. The Association would like to once again thank our members who attended today’s webinar and we look forward to seeing everyone in future events. To re-watch the webinar, please click here. |
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1 event,26 August 2021, Thursday – The Process Construction & Maintenance (PCM) Industry Digital Plan (IDP) was jointly developed by ASPRI, Enterprise Singapore and the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA), to enhance the digital capabilities of the PCM industry. Part of the SMEs Go Digital programme, the IDP is designed to make going digital simple for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) by providing them with a step-by-step guide on the digital solutions available for adoption at each stage of their growth. The IDP was officially launched by Ms Low Yen Ling, Minister of State (MOS) for Trade and Industry, at a virtual engagement session, which saw over 100 attendees comprising ASPRI members, government representatives, industry partners and media personnel. In her opening remarks, MOS Low explained that the IDP comprises two roadmaps – the Digital Roadmap to chart out different digital solutions SMEs can adopt at each stage of development; while the Digital Training Roadmap offers a corresponding training roadmap for employees. This also highlights the importance of continuous workforce upskilling to ensure that companies are better placed to succeed and to emerge stronger from the pandemic. Mr Charles Quek, President of ASPRI’s 13th Executive Council, highlighted that the pandemic has created the perfect set of conditions to propel the adoption of digitalisation. He added that the industry needs to adapt and be digitally enabled to stay relevant and capture future businesses. To make it easy for SMEs to adopt digital solutions recommended in the IDP, IMDA provides a list of pre-approved solutions assessed to be market-proven, cost-effective and supported by reliable vendors. The IDP will continue to be updated over time as the industry progresses and newer technologies are introduced. Lastly, the attendees managed to hear first-hand from two local SMEs, CYC International Pte Ltd and Shing Leck Engineering Service Pte Ltd, about their experiences on adopting digitalisation and how it has benefitted their businesses. To help them improve productivity, CYC International Pte Ltd adopted a Workforce and Project Management Mobile Application. It allows CYC’s employees to notify each other of onsite issues, and thus enabling the management to keep track of a project in an efficient manner. This removed the need for manual updates via email or text messages, which saw an improvement in business operations efficiency by up to 20%. Similarly, Shing Leck Engineering Service Pte Ltd implemented an Inventory Management System to digitise their asset tracking operations using RFID and QR code technologies. This gives them full visibility of their assets deployed across various locations. By reducing time spent on manual asset tracking, Shing Leck was able to focus on delivering higher value-added services to their clients instead. Watch how CYC International Pte Ltd and Shing Leck Engineering Service Pte Ltd have enhanced their business operations by going digital in this video. ASPRI would like to thank our members, Enterprise Singapore, and IMDA for making this possible. In an effort to enhance members’ productivity and competitiveness, the Association will continue to focus our resources and efforts to promote the adoption of digitalisation within the PCM industry. |
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1 event,03 September 2021 – In lieu of the 7th Lunar Month, ASPRI conducted a closed prayer session at the Trade Association (TA) Hub, marking the 24th year that the Association has celebrated this occasion. Similar to last year’s, the prayers this year were done in observance of the COVID-19 Safe Management Measures (SMM). In the morning, Executive Council (EC) members, staff, and members of ASPRI gathered at the basement of TA Hub to observe the 7th Lunar Month prayers. To promote safe distancing and prevent overcrowding, each member companies were designated a different prayer time slot. This ensured the safety of everyone and minimise any potential transmission of COVID-19 by reducing the number of people that were present at any given moment. The prayer sessions were conducted by the Taoist priest-in-charge, Mr Koh Kim Tean. After the prayer sessions were concluded, Mr Koh led everyone to the TA Hub carpark where he initiated the burning of joss papers. ASPRI would like to thank our members and the vendors involved in making this event possible. Albeit different from the celebration of previous years, we were still grateful to catch up with our loyal members and see their faces after a long time. |
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