NUMBER OF DRUG ADDICTS 1992 - 1994

Parliament of Singapore · 23 January 1995

Official Report, 23 January 1995, Vol 63, Issue 11 · Open in the reader (summaries, search, filters)

Kanwaljit SoinWong Kan Seng

Dr Kanwaljit Soin asked the Minister for Home Affairs (a) what is the total number of drug addicts under treatment in Drug Rehabilitation Centres and their ethnic composition and (b) what is the number of new addicts each year from 1992 to 1994.

Mr Wong Kan Seng: The total number of drug addicts under treatment in Drug Rehabilitation Centres as at 31st December 1994 is 7,654. Of these, 2,321 (30.3%) are Chinese, 4,090 (53.5%) are Malays, 1,120 (14.6%) are Indians and 123 (1.6%) are others.

The numbers of new addicts for 1992, 1993 and 1994 were 912, 1,359 and 1,488 respectively.

Source: Singapore Parliament Official Report (Hansard) for 23 January 1995. Republished on SGParliament.