The construction sector is under scrutiny as causing workplace clusters of Covid-19 infections, with the Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) revealing that a third of operational sites are flouting SOPs. We discuss the reasons behind this and what’s being done to address violations, as well as the state of the construction sector overall and the forms of support needed CIDB chief Dato’ Ahmad Asri Abdul Hamid.

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Produced by: Sim Wie Boon

Presented by: Khoo Hsu Chuang, Wong Shou Ning, Shazana Mokhtar

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Tags:  construction,  DASH,  covid-19,  lockdown,  SOPs,  highways,  Government/Regulatory/Policy Making,  Economy, Markets,  Property,  Politics, News, Current Affairs