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Written Answer to Parliamentary Question |
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Mr Siew Kum Hong: |
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To ask the Deputy Prime Minister and
Minister for Home Affairs, for each of the last ten years |
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(a) how many persons were granted permanent
residency in Singapore; |
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(b) what were the 20 most common
nationalities of such persons granted permanent residency; and |
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(c) how many Singapore Permanent Residents
became Singapore citizens. |
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Mr Wong Kan Seng: |
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Over the last ten years i.e. from 1997
to 2006, an average of about 36,000 persons were granted permanent
residence (PR) in Singapore annually. |
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They came predominantly from
South-East, South and East Asia and some were from diverse places
such as the Americas, Oceania and Europe (see table 1 below). |
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Table 1: Average
number of PR granted annually for 1997-2006 |
Nationality
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Average number of PR granted
annually for 1997-2006
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Percentage |
South East
Asian Countries
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17,522
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48.4%
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Other Asian
countries
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16,183
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44.7%
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Others
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2,487
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6.9%
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| Total |
36,192 |
100% |
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The total PR granted has generally
been on an upward trend. Since 2001, the number of PR granted was
consistently more than 30,000. For the years 2005 and 2006, the
number of PR granted was above 50,000. |
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Over the last ten years, an average of
about 8,500 Singapore Permanent Residents became Singapore
Citizens annually. |
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Source:
www.mha.gov.sg Press Release
21 May 2007 |
36,000 persons granted permanent
residence in Singapore yearly
