TO GEAR up for its April 27 opening, Marina Bay Sands (MBS) - Singapore's second integrated resort - is ramping up the hiring of staff to fill up all the necessary positions so that it get off to 'as perfect a start' as possible in the final stretch.
Its president and chief executive officer Thomas Arasi on Thursday morning unveiled its recruitment centre at Mountbatten Square, which is also its training headquarters. Mr Arasi said the IR needs to fill some 5,000 positions in the hotels, restaurants, retail front as it prepares for its opening.
The casino posts have all been filled with some 1,500 dealers, all of whom are Singaporeans and permanent residents, who started training this month. Another 350 more senior casino dealers were put through their paces last month. Training can take up to seven weeks and will be conducted around the clock in eight-hour shifts to simulate a working casino.
MBS has more than 3,000 staff on its payroll now and aims to boost that number to more than 8,000 in six weeks. The positions it is looking to fill include waiters, bartenders, butlers, retail shop supervisors and guest service agents in hotels, to name a few.
Mr Arasi said the casino posts must be filled first because dealers need the most training. The rest of the positions require a shorter lead time. He said the IR is aiming to achieve an opening as close to perfection as possible.
MBS will open in phases, with the casino, some hotel rooms, restaurants, part of the shopping mall an convention centre opening first. A grand opening ceremony has been planned for June 23, when the Skypark and several other attractions will begin to take in visitors. Other areas, such as its theatres and museums, will open their doors progressively till the end of the year.
- The Straits Times
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