Daily Average of Non-residents in Singapore over Past 12 Months

Mr Gan Thiam Poh asked the Acting Minister for Manpower for the past 12 months, what is the daily average number of non-residents who are in Singapore as (i) social visit pass holders visiting their relatives; (ii) dependants of Singapore citizens/PRs/work pass holders; (iii) student pass holders who are studying in Government-funded and private educational institutions respectively; (iv) Work Permit holders, excluding foreign domestic workers; (v) foreign domestic workers; (vi) S Pass holders; (vii) Employment Pass holders; (viii) EntrePass holders; and (ix) tourists for business and leisure purposes.

Mr Tan Chuan-Jin: As the statistics requested fluctuate on a daily basis, we have provided the statistics as at end June 2013. Our non-resident population was 1.55 million, and the breakdown 12 is below:

In the month of June 2013, there were 1,261,000 13 international visitor arrivals. 14

Note(s) to Question No(s) 34:

12 Source: Singapore Department of Statistics and Ministry of Manpower.

13 Source: Singapore Tourism Board.

14 We do not have the breakdown of international visitor arrivals by purpose of visit.