SINGAPORE CITIZENSHIP
Parliament of Singapore · 16 July 2007
Official Report, 16 July 2007, Vol 83, Issue 7 · Open in the reader (summaries, search, filters)
SINGAPORE CITIZENSHIP
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Mr Siew Kum Hong asked the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Home Affairs in 2006 (a) how many of the foreign nationals who became Singapore citizens were then Malaysian, Indonesian, People's Republic of China or Indian nationals; and (b) of these persons, how many were then Singapore permanent residents.
Mr Wong Kan Seng: In 2006, about 13,000 persons were granted Singapore Citizenship (SC). These new SCs came predominantly from Asian and South-East Asian countries (please see table below). Out of these new citizens, about 73% were PRs when they were granted citizenship. The rest of the new citizens were minors who do not need to obtain PR status first in order to be eligible for citizenship under the Constitution.
Column: 1157
Table: SC granted by region in 2006
Nationality
|
Granted SC
|
PR when granted SC
|
Percentage of new citizens who were then PRs
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South East Asian Countries
|
5,372
|
3,812
|
71.0%
Other Asian Countries
|
6,622
|
5,567
|
84.1%
Others
|
1,215
|
255
|
21.0%
Total
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13,209
|
9,634
|
72.9%
Column: 1157
Source: Singapore Parliament Official Report (Hansard) for 16 July 2007. Republished on SGParliament.