CIVIL SERVICE VACANCIES

Mr Simon S C Tay asked the Prime Minister what is the progress from August 1998 to October 1998 in recruiting graduates to fill vacancies in the civil service.

Mr Goh Chok Tong: The Civil Service recruited 359 graduate officers from Aug-Oct 98. There were a total of 1,024 vacancies during this period. The new recruits were mainly for the Ministry of Education and the Uniformed Services in the Ministry of Home Affairs. A breakdown of the number of graduate officers recruited by the various Ministries is tabulated below: MINISTRY Number Recruited Number of Vacancies Aug 98 Sep 98 Oct 98 Total Ministry of 0 1 1 2 4 Communications Ministry of 6 0 0 6 15 Community Development Ministry of 3 6 1 10 60 Defence Ministry of 2 0 1 3 7 Environment Ministry of 87 116 1 204 758 Education Ministry of 1 0 1 2 10 Foreign Affairs Ministry of 0 0 5 5 15 Finance (Budget) Ministry of 2 18 1 21 21 Finance (Revenue) Ministry of 19 40 4 63 69 Home Affairs Ministry of 0 13 2 15 17 Health Ministry of 3 0 0 3 3 Information and The Arts Ministry of 2 1 2 5 7 Law Ministry of 4 2 2 8 8 Manpower Ministry of 0 3 0 3 10 National Development Ministry of 2 1 1 4 5 Trade and Industry Public 5 0 0 5 15 Service Division Total 136 201 22 359 1,024