Leong Mun Wai & Hazel Poa Take On PAP Regarding Jobs & Employment In Singapore

PSP cares about Singaporeans’ livelihoods; so we will raise important questions regarding a wide range of PAP’s trade policies. This will check whether they were, or will be, relevant to Singaporeans.

These parliamentary questions cover employment pass and immigration details over the last 15 years and seek to lift the veil on what has been hidden from the public. PSP will be carefully studying the replies from the PAP ministers.

1. Mr Leong Mun Wai: To ask the Minister for Manpower for each year from 2005 to 2020 under Singapore’s free trade agreements with China, India, USA and Australia, how many nationals from the respective countries have entered and worked in Singapore using (i) intra-corporate transferee visas (ii) professional visas and (iii) dependant passes.
2. Mr Leong Mun Wai: To ask the Minister for Manpower how many nationals from China, India, USA and Australia holding Employment Passes or S Passes are currently working in companies with fewer than 10 employees.
3. Ms Hazel Poa: To ask the Minister for Manpower for each year from 2005 to 2020, how many (i) dependant passes and (ii) Long Term Visit Passes have been issued to relatives of nationals from China, India, USA and Australia who are Employment Pass or S Pass holders respectively.
4. Mr Leong Mun Wai: To ask the Minister for Manpower (a) how many companies are currently on the Fair Consideration Framework watchlist; (b) what are the criteria for putting a company on the watchlist; and (c) whether the threshold percentage of a company’s workforce from a single nationality is one of the criteria.
5. Ms Hazel Poa: To ask the Minister for Manpower for each year from 2005 to 2020, how many nationals from China, India, USA and Australia have been issued (i) Employment Passes (ii) S Passes (iii) Work Permits (excluding foreign domestic workers) and (iv) letters of consent respectively.
6. Ms Hazel Poa: To ask the Minister for Manpower (a) what is the current proportion of nationals from China, India, USA, and Australia by industry; and (b) what are the commonly held jobs by these nationals in each industry.
7. Ms Hazel Poa: To ask the Minister for Manpower what is the current breakdown of the numbers of Employment Pass holders, S Pass holders and work permit holders (excluding foreign domestic workers) by industry as per the breakdown in the Singapore Standard Industrial Classification 2015.