Do you have any friends who have driven buses in Singapore?

According to Lianhe Zaobao, Singapore's largest bus company, New MRT, said it would hire the first batch of 20 China drivers "soon". More than a month ago, SMRT bus company introduced 34 drivers from China.

The new MRT has 2,800 vehicles and employs more than 5,000 bus drivers, about one third of whom are foreign employees. Chen Ailing, the company's liaison director, said that the company will try out the first batch of China drivers in the near future. "If successful, we may introduce more bus drivers from China, and we will also explore recruiting in other countries." It is reported that the basic monthly salary of foreign bus drivers of the New MRT is 1050 Singapore dollars (about 757 US dollars) and they have to receive 29 days of training.

SMRT Bus Company, which operates more than 800 cars, went to China to recruit drivers last year 1 1 month, and has recruited 100 people in Shandong, Jilin, Henan and Fujian. The first batch of 34 people have arrived in China. They are qualified and experienced bus drivers. They are currently undergoing two months of training to adapt to the local culture and can start working as soon as next month.

SMRT said that in addition to recruiting China bus drivers, they will continue to hire local and Malaysian employees to meet the demand; At the same time, the possibility of recruiting subway train drivers from China in the future is not ruled out.

It is understood that due to the nature of work and long working hours, early bus drivers will go out to work at three or four in the morning, and night shift drivers will work until one or two in the morning. Therefore, most Singaporeans are reluctant to join the industry, resulting in a serious shortage of local bus drivers.