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[h=2]Foreign population continues to increase unabatedly in 2012 despite PM Lee’s promise to moderate[/h]

September 29th, 2012 |

Author: Editorial

PM Lee

During the Nationa Day Rally in Aug last year, about 3 months after the General Election 2011, PM Lee speaking to Singaporeans assured everyone that the inflow of foreign workers will be managed and moderated.
He said:

“I can fully understand and empathise with these concerns because it has been a difficult ride – bumpy, stormy and causing anxiety from time to time. But we are tackling these problems, building more flats, improving our public transport, managing the inflow of foreign workers and immigrants. It will take a while to solve these problems because they are big and complicated issues, but we are heading in the right direction and things will gradually get better.
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He also assured that he has tightened up on foreigners progressively:

I understand those feelings but we need some non-Singaporeans to complement the Singaporeans and to make up our shortfall. But at the same time, we also realise that it is important that Singaporeans remain the core of our workforce. We cannot become like the Gulf states where 80 per cent of the people who are working are foreigners and if you go there, whether it is the person in the hotel, whether it is the bank, whether it is the airport counter, or any of the jobs, it is foreigners working and we cannot be like that. We have tightened up on foreigners progressively.
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He said he would manage and moderate the influx of foreign workers and put Singaporeans first:

Yes we will moderate and manage the foreign workers but we have to bring in enough so that we have the manpower and the talent to grow and to prosper. This is what we must do when it comes to putting Singaporeans first, stay open but moderate our policies, solve the problems, whether it is housing, whether it is education, whether it is jobs.
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The question one needs to ask is: are things getting better a year after PM Lee made his promise at last year’s National Day Rally? More importantly, has he really managed and moderated the inflow of foreign workers?

The latest figures released by the Department of Statistics (DOS) on 28 Sep seem to tell a different story.

3,057,100	356,200	753,400	1,109,600	4,166,700
3,081,000	386,800	798,000	1,184,800	4,265,800
3,107,900	418,000	875,500	1,293,500	4,401,400
3,133,800	449,200	1,005,500	1,454,700	4,588,500
3,164,400	478,200	1,196,700	1,674,900	4,839,300
3,200,700	533,200	1,253,700	1,786,900	4,987,600
3,230,700	541,000	1,305,000	1,846,000	5,076,700
3,257,200	532,000	1,394,400	1,926,400	5,183,600
3,285,100	533,100	1,494,200	2,027,300	5,312,400

<COLGROUP><COL width=66></COL><COL span=5 width=80></COL><COL width=78></COL><TBODY>
[TD="width: 66"] (figures at mid-year) [/TD]
[TD="width: 80"] SG [/TD]
[TD="width: 80"] PR [/TD]
[TD="width: 80"] FT [/TD]
[TD="width: 80"] Total Foreigner (PR+FT) [/TD]
[TD="width: 80"] Total Singapore Population [/TD]
[TD="width: 78"] % of Foreigner in population [/TD]

[TD="width: 66"] 2004 [/TD]

[TD="align: right"]26.6%[/TD]

[TD="width: 66"] 2005 [/TD]

[TD="align: right"]27.8%[/TD]

[TD="width: 66"] 2006 [/TD]

[TD="align: right"]29.4%[/TD]

[TD="width: 66"] 2007 [/TD]

[TD="align: right"]31.7%[/TD]

[TD="width: 66"] 2008 [/TD]

[TD="align: right"]34.6%[/TD]

[TD="width: 66"] 2009 [/TD]

[TD="align: right"]35.8%[/TD]

[TD="width: 66"] 2010 [/TD]

[TD="align: right"]36.4%[/TD]

[TD="width: 66"] 2011 [/TD]

[TD="align: right"]37.2%[/TD]

[TD="width: 66"] 2012 [/TD]

[TD="align: right"] 38.2% [/TD]

</TBODY>

From mid-2011 to mid-2012,

• Total Singapore population increased from 5.18 to 5.31 million (2.5%)
• Singapore population increased from 3.26 to 3.29 million (0.9%)
• PR population increased from 532K to 533K (0.2%)
• Non-resident foreign population increased from 1.39 to 1.49 million (7.2%)
• Total foreign population (including PR) increased from 1.93 to 2.03 million (5.2%)

The percentage of foreign population (including PR) in Singapore at mid-2012 stands at 38.2%.

In the span of 8 years from mid-2004 to mid-2012, the foreign population (including PR) in Singapore has increased from 1.1 million to 2.0 million (i.e. greater than 80% increase) and the percentage they form of the population in Singapore has risen from 26.6% to 38.2%.

The following table shows the increase in number of foreigners (including PR) into Singapore each year for the last 8 years:

75,200
108,700
161,200
220,200
112,000
59,100
80,400
100,900

<COLGROUP><COL width=66></COL><COL span=2 width=85></COL><TBODY>
[TD="width: 66"] (Figures at mid-year) [/TD]
[TD="width: 85"] Increase in number of Foreigners [/TD]
[TD="width: 85"] % Increase over previous yr [/TD]

[TD="width: 66"] 2005 [/TD]

[TD="align: right"]6.8%[/TD]

[TD="width: 66"] 2006 [/TD]

[TD="align: right"]9.2%[/TD]

[TD="width: 66"] 2007 [/TD]

[TD="align: right"]12.5%[/TD]

[TD="width: 66"] 2008 [/TD]

[TD="align: right"]15.1%[/TD]

[TD="width: 66"] 2009 [/TD]

[TD="align: right"]6.7%[/TD]

[TD="width: 66"] 2010 [/TD]

[TD="align: right"]3.3%[/TD]

[TD="width: 66"] 2011 [/TD]

[TD="align: right"]4.4%[/TD]

[TD="width: 66"] 2012 [/TD]

[TD="align: right"] 5.2% [/TD]

</TBODY>

We can see that from mid-2011 to mid-2012, a net total of 100,900 foreigners (including PRs) were imported into Singapore, representing a 5.2% increase. This compares badly with the previous year’s figure (i.e. mid-2010 to mid-2011) of 80,400 (4.4% increase).

Clearly, despite what PM Lee promised in Aug last year, he DID NOT moderate the number of foreigners coming into Singapore. To the contrary, the number 100,900 from Jul 2011 to Jun 2012 is larger than the number 80,400 for the previous period. And percentage-wise, the increase is correspondingly more (5.2% vs 4.4%).

Where is the “tightening up on foreigners progressively” which was promised to Singaporeans?
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[h=2]Population: Relentless rise in foreigners continues?[/h]

September 29th, 2012 |

Author: Contributions

Leong Sze Hian


I refer to the Department of Statistics’ Population Trends report, released on 28 September, 2012.
Non-Singaporeans continue to grow in absolute numbers

The number of Non-Singaporeans (foreigners and Permanent Residents (PRs)) increased by 100,800 from 1.9265 to 2.0273 million, from June 2011 to June 2012.

For the previous year, from 2010 to 2011, the increase was lower at 80,500.

Therefore, the number of non-Singaporeans increased by 20,300 more last year, compared to the previous year.

Non-Singaporeans continue to grow at a higher rate

This is an increase of 5.2 compared to 4.4 per cent the previous year.

No. of PRs declined

The number of PRs declined from 541,000 to 532,000 (decrease of 1.7 %) and 533,100 (increase of 0.2 %), from 2010, 2011 and 2012, respectively.

But Non-Singaporeans increased much more

This means that although PRs declined, the total number of Non-Singaporeans increased much more, because of the much higher increase in foreigners.

Foreigners grew 7.2 %

The annual growth rate of foreigners was 6.9 and 7.2 per cent in 2011 and 2012, respectively.

Citizens grew by less than 1 %

In contrast, Singapore citizens (including new citizens), only increased by 26,500 and 27,900 in 2011 and 2012, respectively.
This is an increase of only 0.82 and 0.86 per cent for 2011 and 2012, respectively.

Thus, foreigners grew by 7.2 and 6.9 per cent, non-Singaporeans grew by 5.2 and 4.4 per cent, in 2012 and 2011, compared to citizens’ growth of only 0.86 and 0.82 per cent for the same period, respectively.

Curtail influx of foreigners?

What happened to the consistent rhetoric that the influx of foreigners will be curtailed?

Need 25,000 new citizens and more foreign workers?

Why maintain this rethoric and then have the National Population and Talent Division (NPTD) come out with a study that we need 25,000 new citizens a year, followed by the Ministry of Tarde and Industry (MTI) study that we need to increase the number of foreigners in order for the economy to continue to grow?

National Conversation?

It may appear that by the time that the National Conversation is finalised, the relentless rise in the influx of foreigners may have increased the foreign population by even much more, than when the CONversation began.

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Leong Sze Hian
Leong Sze Hian is the Past President of the Society of Financial Service Professionals, an alumnus of Harvard University, Wharton Fellow, SEACeM Fellow and an author of 4 books. He is frequently quoted in the media. He has also been invited to speak more than 100 times in 25 countries on 5 continents. He has served as Honorary Consul of Jamaica, Chairman of the Institute of Administrative Management, and founding advisor to the Financial Planning Associations of Brunei and Indonesia. He has 3 Masters, 2 Bachelors degrees and 13 professional qualifications. He blogs at http://www.leongszehian.com.

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SPF is hiring, ISD is hiring ...the PAP needs more security to keep the peace.

 

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2011 3,257,200 532,000 1,394,400 1,926,400 5,183,600 37.2%
2012 3,285,100 533,100 1,494,200 2,027,300 5,312,400 38.2%

Almost 40 percent of population is foreigners ...how can sinkees be loyal to the country when the 40 percent dominates the 60 percent?

 

[funnyz]

2011 3,257,200 532,000 1,394,400 1,926,400 5,183,600 37.2%
2012 3,285,100 533,100 1,494,200 2,027,300 5,312,400 38.2%

The real numbers are 59 percent and 61 percent. in 2011, 59 percent of population are foreigners. In 2012, that jumped to 61 percent! How can sinkees have a sense of ownership when foreigners outnumber locals?

you can choose to vote for another opposition come GE 2016