EMPLOYMENT PASSES
Parliament of Singapore · 17 July 2007
Official Report, 17 July 2007, Vol 83, Issue 8 · Open in the reader (summaries, search, filters)
EMPLOYMENT PASSES
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Mr Siew Kum Hong asked the Minister for Manpower (a) why is a breakdown of P1, P2, Q, R and S passes not available for the last 10 years; and (b) how is the total foreign employment level calculated if the breakdown is not available.
Dr Ng Eng Hen: I had mentioned that the foreign employment level was 756,000 as at December 2006. We do not publish the specifics of the breakdown to ensure that we maintain flexibility and access to labour sources. But we can provide rough percentages of our foreign workforce composition. About 85% are R pass holders. 4% are on S passes and the remaining 11% are P and Q pass holders. This should be contrasted with the overall distribution in our workforce, of which 47% are PMETs as at June 2006. As previously indicated, locals take up the majority of higher skilled and PMET jobs while foreign workers form the majority of the less-skilled workforce.
Source: Singapore Parliament Official Report (Hansard) for 17 July 2007. Republished on SGParliament.