Sri Lanka, Nov. 9 -- Singapore has expanded its Work Permit scheme to cover eight additional occupations in the food services, social services and aviation sectors, creating new employment opportunities for foreign workers, including Sri Lankans.

The move is intended to help businesses address labour shortages in occupations where recruiting local workers has proved difficult.

According to Singapore's Ministry of Manpower (MOM), the expansion adds eight occupations to the Non-Traditional Sources Occupation List (NTS-OL).

The newly eligible jobs include butchers, fishmongers and related food preparers, food and drink stall assistants, kitchen assistants, waiters, cabin attendants, babysitters and infant caregivers, educarers and teacher...