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07/05/2007
Facts & Figures on The New Immigrants from The Sunday Times
Facts & Figures from The Sunday Times, May 6, 2007:
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Figures for Applications Granted:
2002: Citizenship - 7,600; PRs: 39,500
2003: Citizenship - 6,800; PRs: 32,000
2004: Citizenship - 7,600; PRs: 36,900
2005: Citizenship - 12,900; PRs: 52,300
2006: Citizenship - 13,200; PRs: 57,300
Source: Immigration & Checkpoints Authority
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Singapore's Population:
1970: 2.07 million with 2.01 million residents (citizens and PRs) and 61,000 foreigners
1980: 2.41 million with 2.28 million residents and 131,000 foreigners
1990: 3.05 million with 2.74 million residents and 311,000 foreigners
2000: 4.03 million with 3.27 million residents and 754,500 foreigners
2006: 4.48 million with 3.6 million residents and 875,00 foreigners
Source: Singapore Department of Statistics
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Estimated breakdown of Major foreign nationalities in Singapore:
Chinese - 200,000
Indonesian - 150,000
Filipino - 120,000
Indian - 90,000
Bangladeshi - 60,000
Thai - 45,000
Japanese - 26,000
Sri Lankan - 20,000
British - 17,000
American - 15,000
South Korean - 15,000
Australian - 15,000
Myanmarese - 10,000
German - 5,000
French - 4,000
Source: Embassies & High Commissions
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Between 1990 and 2006, there is an increase of 860,000 citizens and PRs. Of how many are originally born in Singapore? Between 2002 and 2006, applications granted to PR and citizenships is 266,100. Of course the problem of simply adding the citizenship and PRs over the past few years could be erroneous as there may be overlaps- people who applied for PR may go on to apply citizenships.
Questions persist:
1. Is Singapore "bringing in" too many new immigrants?;
2. Can we solve brain drain and birth stagnation problems by "bringing in" foreigners?;
3. What about the newly created jobs? How many of them goes to Singaporeans?
4. How much of the created wealth in the economy goes back to further building the economy of Singapore? How much of it translates into social policies that benefit the Singapore society?
06:55 Posted by Charles Tan | Permalink | Comments (3) | Email this
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singapore expects its population to increase to 6.5 million in the next 20 years or so; since its current birth rate is below replacement level, the increase has to come from immigration; where will the people come from?
the current immigration policy emphasized attracting educated manpower, with the recent R&D initiatives relying on highly educated people (often referred to as "talent" - and now that arts and entertainment are receiving attention, perhaps the more common meaning of the word will be lived up to as well); however, there is considerable turnover with such arrivals; as the following figures reveal:
Figures for Applications Granted:
2002: Citizenship - 7,600; PRs: 39,500
2003: Citizenship - 6,800; PRs: 32,000
2004: Citizenship - 7,600; PRs: 36,900
2005: Citizenship - 12,900; PRs: 52,300
2006: Citizenship - 13,200; PRs: 57,300
Source: Immigration & Checkpoints Authority
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Singapore's Population:
1970: 2.07 million with 2.01 million residents (citizens and PRs) and 61,000 foreigners
1980: 2.41 million with 2.28 million residents and 131,000 foreigners
1990: 3.05 million with 2.74 million residents and 311,000 foreigners
2000: 4.03 million with 3.27 million residents and 754,500 foreigners
2006: 4.48 million with 3.6 million residents and 875,00 foreigners
Source: Singapore Department of Statistics
only a small percentage of permanent residents become citizens, and with more than 1 million foreign residents but only 50K PRs a year, only a small percentage of new arrivals become permanent residents
it would appear that the projected figure of 6.5m assumes
(a) a large portion of temporary foreign residents, e.g., 1.5m
(b) a higher hit rate of temporary residents going permanent, because they come from countries with a higher degree of affinity to Singapore (e.g., Indonesia, Thailand)
(c) the scenario probably includes some push factors, e.g., political instability, poor economic prospects, anti-Chinese sentiments, etc., in their home countries, making the prospect of returning less likely
after the 1998 disturbances, a large number of Indonesian Chinese/Christians moved to Singapore, and their investments in local properties have shown a disportionate effect in causing a boom; this is presumably taken into consideration in the envisaged situation
Posted by: sgsociety.com | 07/05/2007
singapore expects its population to increase to 6.5 million in the next 20 years or so; since its current birth rate is below replacement level, the increase has to come from immigration; where will the people come from?
the current immigration policy emphasized attracting educated manpower, with the recent R&D initiatives relying on highly educated people (often referred to as "talent" - and now that arts and entertainment are receiving attention, perhaps the more common meaning of the word will be lived up to as well); however, there is considerable turnover with such arrivals; as the following figures reveal:
Figures for Applications Granted:
2002: Citizenship - 7,600; PRs: 39,500
2003: Citizenship - 6,800; PRs: 32,000
2004: Citizenship - 7,600; PRs: 36,900
2005: Citizenship - 12,900; PRs: 52,300
2006: Citizenship - 13,200; PRs: 57,300
Source: Immigration & Checkpoints Authority
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Singapore's Population:
1970: 2.07 million with 2.01 million residents (citizens and PRs) and 61,000 foreigners
1980: 2.41 million with 2.28 million residents and 131,000 foreigners
1990: 3.05 million with 2.74 million residents and 311,000 foreigners
2000: 4.03 million with 3.27 million residents and 754,500 foreigners
2006: 4.48 million with 3.6 million residents and 875,00 foreigners
Source: Singapore Department of Statistics
only a small percentage of permanent residents become citizens, and with more than 1 million foreign residents but only 50K PRs a year, only a small percentage of new arrivals become permanent residents
it would appear that the projected figure of 6.5m assumes
(a) a large portion of temporary foreign residents, e.g., 1.5m
(b) a higher hit rate of temporary residents going permanent, because they come from countries with a higher degree of affinity to Singapore (e.g., Indonesia, Thailand)
(c) the scenario probably includes some push factors, e.g., political instability, poor economic prospects, anti-Chinese sentiments, etc., in their home countries, making the prospect of returning less likely
after the 1998 disturbances, a large number of Indonesian Chinese/Christians moved to Singapore, and their investments in local properties have shown a disportionate effect in causing a boom; this is presumably taken into consideration in the envisaged situation
Posted by: sgsociety.com | 07/05/2007
Can you tell me the title of the report or show me the link?
Posted by: sarek | 10/05/2007
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