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http://www.businesstimes.com.sg/companies-markets/kbrs-venture-in-malaysia-stokes-fears-it-will-downsize-singapore-operations
NEW York-listed KBR, which has hundreds of engineers on its payroll in Singapore, is the latest bigwig engineering firm to enter into a joint venture (JV) with a Malaysian partner. Coming on the heels of large-cap contracting groups exiting Singapore after setting up JVs in Malaysia, KBR’s move stoked market talk over the possibility of the downsizing of its operations here.
Mr Ang named the lower cost base in Malaysia as the second advantage Kuala Lumpur has over Singapore. One advantage Singapore used to
enjoy over rivals in the region is the efficiency gain it can offer, but this no longer seems to stand against Kuala Lumpur.
“It seems like in the eyes of the contractors, the skill and cost differentials between engineers in Singapore and Malaysia have narrowed to the extent that they feel the same work can be executed more cost efficiently in Malaysia,” Mr Ang said.
KBR公司在馬國已經成立加上馬國的員工水平已經和新國差不多而且做生意成本較低!
KBR公司在新國有上百位工程師飯碗將會被影響!
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