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[h=1]LUI TUCK YEW: FOREIGNERS DO NOT PUSH UP COE PRICES, THEY ONLY MAKE UP 15% OF COES[/h]
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7 Oct 2014 - 10:58pm

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Minister for Transport Lui Tuck Yew explained in parliament today that foreigners only made up about 15% of the COE registrations in the last three years, indicating that they are not the ones pushing up prices.
He had been responding to a question fielded by Workers’ Party MP, Sylvia Lim who had asked what the breakdown was of COEs in each category given to citizens, PRs and foreigners.
Giving the exact numbers, Minister Lui shared that in 2012, 2013 and the first eight months of this year, there have been 60,574 new vehicle registrations.
As sum totals, Singapore Citizens made up 51,495 (85%) of these, PRs made up 6,605 of the registrations (10.9%) and non-resident foreigners registered only 2,474 vehicles (4.1%).
Lui explained that these figures are only for vehicles registered to individuals and not companies.
Below is a more comprehensive breakdown of the COE registrations by citizens, PRs and foreigners across each category:
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Separately in response to another questions, Mr Lui also explained that they would not be splitting up Motorcycle COEs into smaller categories.
It had been asked by WP MP Muhamad Faisal Abdul Manap why Motorcycles only have 1 COE despite the licenses having three categories depending on the engine size of the motorbike.
Minister Lui explained that splitting up the category even further would not be beneficial as there would be even smaller quotas for each and there may be shortages in some while surpluses in other categories. This could also lead to more volatility in price.
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7 Oct 2014 - 10:58pm

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Minister for Transport Lui Tuck Yew explained in parliament today that foreigners only made up about 15% of the COE registrations in the last three years, indicating that they are not the ones pushing up prices.
He had been responding to a question fielded by Workers’ Party MP, Sylvia Lim who had asked what the breakdown was of COEs in each category given to citizens, PRs and foreigners.
Giving the exact numbers, Minister Lui shared that in 2012, 2013 and the first eight months of this year, there have been 60,574 new vehicle registrations.
As sum totals, Singapore Citizens made up 51,495 (85%) of these, PRs made up 6,605 of the registrations (10.9%) and non-resident foreigners registered only 2,474 vehicles (4.1%).
Lui explained that these figures are only for vehicles registered to individuals and not companies.
Below is a more comprehensive breakdown of the COE registrations by citizens, PRs and foreigners across each category:

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Separately in response to another questions, Mr Lui also explained that they would not be splitting up Motorcycle COEs into smaller categories.
It had been asked by WP MP Muhamad Faisal Abdul Manap why Motorcycles only have 1 COE despite the licenses having three categories depending on the engine size of the motorbike.
Minister Lui explained that splitting up the category even further would not be beneficial as there would be even smaller quotas for each and there may be shortages in some while surpluses in other categories. This could also lead to more volatility in price.