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Parliament of Singapore · 6 July 1999 · 9th Parliament

Official Report, 6 July 1999, Vol 70, Issue 15 · Open in the reader (summaries, search, filters)

George Yong-Boon YeoShriniwas Rai
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Mr Shriniwas Rai asked the Minister for Trade and Industry what is the number of tourists that have come to Singapore during the second quarter of this year.

BG George Yong-Boon Yeo: An estimated 1.65 million tourists came to Singapore during the second quarter of 1999, about the same number as that for the first quarter of the year. This number is 8.3% higher than the same quarter last year.

1 Capturing over 2000 companies in Singapore.

2 In a University of Texas study funded by Cisco Systems, it was found that in 1998, total E-commerce for US based companies alone exceeded $102 billion. At this rate of growth, it will easily surpass the earlier prediction of US$200 billion by 2000, made by IBM, for E-commerce worldwide.

Source: Singapore Parliament Official Report (Hansard) for 6 July 1999. Republished on SGParliament.