Percentage of Local and Foreign Workers in Different Sectors

Mrs Lina Chiam asked the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Manpower what is the breakdown of the percentage split between the number of local and foreign workers from 2009-2011 for the (i) chemical industry; (ii) marine engineering industry; (iii) offshore engineering industry; (iv) aerospace engineering industry; (v) manufacturing industry; and (vi) the financial sector.

Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam: The percentage breakdown of employment by residential status in the various industries as at end of 2009 and 2010 is provided in Table 1. The data for end 2011 is not available yet.

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Table 1: Percentage Distribution of Employment by Residential Status in Selected Industries, 2009 - 2010 (As at December)