EMIGRATION STATISTICS

Dr Lee Siew-Choh asked the Minister for Home Affairs what is the breakdown of emigrants from Singapore by educational level, work background, sex, age, race, etc. from 1979 to 1988.

Prof. S. Jayakumar: The only information available is from the Good Conduct Certificates (GCC) which are required by some countries. From 1986 to 1988 (the only records available), 10,546 GCCs were issued.

2 The breakdown is as follows: GCCs issued from 1986 to 1988 by -------------------------------- (i) Sex --- Males 5054 Females 5492 (ii) Ethnic Group ------------ Malays 418 Chinese 8201 Indians 1439 Others 488 (iii) Age --- 50 years and above 1124 20 - 49 years 8913 Below 20 years 509 (iv) Work Background --------------- Professionals and 4067 technical workers Administrative, sales, service and production workers 6479 (v) Education --------- Secondary & above 3633 ) ) Records incomplete Below Secondary 1074 ) table - Phonecard Sales, Jan - Jul 89 (Cols.661 - 662)