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May 19, 2010
Fewer get PR, citizenship
<!-- by line -->By Sue-Ann Chia
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FEWER foreigners were granted permanent residency or citizenship here since the Government tightened eligibility requirement late last year.
Fresh figures released by Senior Minister of State (Home Affairs and Law) Ho Peng Kee in Parliament yesterday showed that there has been a slowdown in the past 12 months.
Between April last year and the end of March this year, there were 46,300 new PRs and 19,300 new citizens.
The numbers that Associate Professor Ho provided to the House were lower when seen against previously released figures of the number of applications approved for the whole of last year.
Those figures showed there were 59,500 new PRs approved last year, down from 79,200 in 2008. As for new citizens, the figure last year was 19,900 compared to 20,500 for the whole of 2008.
Explaining the reasons for taking in a larger number of foreigners in the last few years, he said that it was 'to catch the wind of growth to propel our economy forward'.
Read the full story in Wednesday's edition of The Straits Times.
Fewer get PR, citizenship
<!-- by line -->By Sue-Ann Chia
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<!-- end left side bar --><!-- story content : start -->
FEWER foreigners were granted permanent residency or citizenship here since the Government tightened eligibility requirement late last year.
Fresh figures released by Senior Minister of State (Home Affairs and Law) Ho Peng Kee in Parliament yesterday showed that there has been a slowdown in the past 12 months.
Between April last year and the end of March this year, there were 46,300 new PRs and 19,300 new citizens.
The numbers that Associate Professor Ho provided to the House were lower when seen against previously released figures of the number of applications approved for the whole of last year.
Those figures showed there were 59,500 new PRs approved last year, down from 79,200 in 2008. As for new citizens, the figure last year was 19,900 compared to 20,500 for the whole of 2008.
Explaining the reasons for taking in a larger number of foreigners in the last few years, he said that it was 'to catch the wind of growth to propel our economy forward'.
Read the full story in Wednesday's edition of The Straits Times.
