Dependants of Employment Pass Holders

Parliament of Singapore · 16 January 2012

Official Report, 16 January 2012, Vol 88, Issue 10 · Open in the reader (summaries, search, filters)

Tharman ShanmugaratnamYaw Shin Leong
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Mr Yaw Shin Leong asked the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Manpower from 2005 to 2010 (a) what is the number of Employment Pass holders' dependants who are allowed entry into Singapore each year; and (b) what is the number of dependants who subsequently gained employment here each year.

Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam: Please refer to the table which shows (a) the average number of dependants of Employment Pass (EP) holders who were issued Dependant Pass (DP)/Long Term Visit Pass (LTVP) from 2005 to 2010; and (b) average number of DP/LTVP holders who gained employment to date.

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Source: Singapore Parliament Official Report (Hansard) for 16 January 2012. Republished on SGParliament.