Serious FTs Slumped to Lowest Numbers! Xenophobic Sinkies must be Happy Like Fark!

[Pinkieslut]

Singapore’s expat numbers slump to lowest level since 2010​

BloombergWed, 16 March 2022, 5:21 PM

The number of expatriate white-collar workers in Singapore fell to the lowest in more than a decade. (PHOTO: Getty Creative)


By David Ramli and Low De Wei

(Bloomberg) — The number of expatriate white-collar workers in Singapore fell to the lowest in more than a decade, suggesting that the city hasn’t yet benefited from an exodus of professionals from the rival finance hub of Hong Kong.

Ministry of Manpower figures released on Wednesday show that Employment Pass holders — a type of visa issued to foreign professionals, managers and executives earning at least S$4500 per month — fell by 9% in the year ended December 2021 to 161,700.

That’s the lowest level since 2010 when there were 143,300 in the country, according to data on the Ministry of Manpower website and earlier pages stored by the Internet Archive. A spokesperson for the ministry had no immediate comment on the data.

Singapore has traditionally drawn well-heeled expatriates thanks its low taxes and role as a regional base for a range of industries. But with Covid-19 exacerbating the concerns of some locals that foreigners are taking the best jobs, the government has been tightening the criteria for businesses wishing to hire such workers from abroad.

Restrictions on travel thanks to the pandemic have also contributed to a steady decline in the net number of expatriates in the city over the last two years. Meanwhile, the exodus of white-collar professionals from Hong Kong hasn’t translated into a boost for Singapore.

The decline has extended beyond white-collar workers to include technicians and labourers in the construction sector. Housing projects and other building works have faced lengthy delays as a result. The total number of foreign workers in the city-state stood at 1.2 million at the end of last year, well below the 1.43 million that Singapore hosted in 2019.

But the city has pledged to fill a shortage of overseas workers within the next few months. The number of blue-collar Work Permit holders rose by 15,400 in the six months ended December 2021.

To be sure, numbers for white-collar expatriates could shift in the other direction this year as Singapore re-opens its borders in an effort to live with Covid while Hong Kong implements stringent measures that have exacerbated departures.

©2022 Bloomberg L.P.

 

[JohnTan]

Oppies have infected too many sinkies with racism and xenophobia.

 

[A Singaporean]

You believe the bullshit from MOM?

 

[myfoot123]

Slumped in not the same as decreasing in population size. It means they slowed the influx. Please read the main stream narrative with tonnes of salt.

 

[lostvirgin]

Oh dear, our SPG must be starving and fighting for the small pool of white men.

 

[Rogue Trader]

Priest lah.. Only angmor and their families leaving Sinkapore. Still got boatloads of stinky ah neh beggars arriving on E passes.

 

[Cottonmouth]

Plane carrying those filthy Indians should just crash.

 

[glockman]

What's the use? We still have a shit load of shitskin and commie chinks here. New citizens and PRs. And the pap is still in power, rimming our asses.

 

[jw5]

Singapore’s expat numbers slump to lowest level since 2010​

BloombergWed, 16 March 2022, 5:21 PM

The number of expatriate white-collar workers in Singapore fell to the lowest in more than a decade. (PHOTO: Getty Creative)


By David Ramli and Low De Wei

(Bloomberg) — The number of expatriate white-collar workers in Singapore fell to the lowest in more than a decade, suggesting that the city hasn’t yet benefited from an exodus of professionals from the rival finance hub of Hong Kong.

Ministry of Manpower figures released on Wednesday show that Employment Pass holders — a type of visa issued to foreign professionals, managers and executives earning at least S$4500 per month — fell by 9% in the year ended December 2021 to 161,700.

That’s the lowest level since 2010 when there were 143,300 in the country, according to data on the Ministry of Manpower website and earlier pages stored by the Internet Archive. A spokesperson for the ministry had no immediate comment on the data.

Singapore has traditionally drawn well-heeled expatriates thanks its low taxes and role as a regional base for a range of industries. But with Covid-19 exacerbating the concerns of some locals that foreigners are taking the best jobs, the government has been tightening the criteria for businesses wishing to hire such workers from abroad.

Restrictions on travel thanks to the pandemic have also contributed to a steady decline in the net number of expatriates in the city over the last two years. Meanwhile, the exodus of white-collar professionals from Hong Kong hasn’t translated into a boost for Singapore.

The decline has extended beyond white-collar workers to include technicians and labourers in the construction sector. Housing projects and other building works have faced lengthy delays as a result. The total number of foreign workers in the city-state stood at 1.2 million at the end of last year, well below the 1.43 million that Singapore hosted in 2019.

But the city has pledged to fill a shortage of overseas workers within the next few months. The number of blue-collar Work Permit holders rose by 15,400 in the six months ended December 2021.

To be sure, numbers for white-collar expatriates could shift in the other direction this year as Singapore re-opens its borders in an effort to live with Covid while Hong Kong implements stringent measures that have exacerbated departures.

©2022 Bloomberg L.P.

This is good news!

 

[ftan42]

it is because of the covid epidemic else the ft at worst will still maintain the number if not increase

 

[iluvgst]

slumped to lowest numbers because ICA converted them to permanent residents or singapore citizens

 

[mojito]

Yes. We need YOU now. To cut grass. Change adult diapers.