UNEMPLOYMENT FIGURES

Parliament of Singapore · 27 October 1986 · 6th Parliament

Official Report, 27 October 1986, Vol 48, Issue 8 · Open in the reader (summaries, search, filters)

J.B. JeyaretnamLee Yock Suan
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Mr J.B. Jeyaretnam asked the Acting Minister for Labour whether he will give the figures for unemployment and the number who have been found employment by his Ministry in 1986 as at the latest convenient date.

Mr Lee Yock Suan: As at September 1986, there were an estimated 67,400 unemployed persons in Singapore, ie an unemployment rate of 5.4%. During January to September 1986, the Employment Service Department of the Ministry of Labour referred about 9,700 job registrants to potential employers. Of these 2,464 were successful in securing jobs. The others declined the job offers because of higher salary expectations, distance or other reasons or were not found suitable by the employers.

Source: Singapore Parliament Official Report (Hansard) for 27 October 1986. Republished on SGParliament.