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</TR><!-- headline one : start --><TR>S'pore top choice of migrants <!--10 min-->
</TR><!-- headline one : end --><!-- Author --><TR><TD class="padlrt8 georgia11 darkgrey bold" colSpan=2>By Lin Zhaowei
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Singapore is a top immigration hot spot, according to a global survey conducted by Gallup. --PHOTO: REUTERS
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<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"-->SINGAPORE is a top immigration hot spot, according to a global survey conducted by Gallup.
If it were to take in all adults who wish to settle in the country, its adult population of 3.6 million would jump to 13 million, said the survey released this week.
Gallup arrived at this figure by using what it called the Potential Net Migration Index (PNMI).
The index is the estimated number of adults who wish to leave a country permanently subtracted from the estimated number who wish to immigrate to the country, as a proportion of the total adult population.
The higher a positive PNMI value, the greater the potential of net population gain, proportional to the population size.
Singapore emerged tops with the highest PNMI value of 260 per cent, followed by Saudi Arabia (180 per cent), New Zealand (175 per cent), Canada (170 per cent) and Australia (145 per cent).
Read the full report in Thursday's edition of The Straits Times.
</TR><!-- headline one : start --><TR>S'pore top choice of migrants <!--10 min-->
</TR><!-- headline one : end --><!-- Author --><TR><TD class="padlrt8 georgia11 darkgrey bold" colSpan=2>By Lin Zhaowei
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Singapore is a top immigration hot spot, according to a global survey conducted by Gallup. --PHOTO: REUTERS
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<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"-->SINGAPORE is a top immigration hot spot, according to a global survey conducted by Gallup.
If it were to take in all adults who wish to settle in the country, its adult population of 3.6 million would jump to 13 million, said the survey released this week.
Gallup arrived at this figure by using what it called the Potential Net Migration Index (PNMI).
The index is the estimated number of adults who wish to leave a country permanently subtracted from the estimated number who wish to immigrate to the country, as a proportion of the total adult population.
The higher a positive PNMI value, the greater the potential of net population gain, proportional to the population size.
Singapore emerged tops with the highest PNMI value of 260 per cent, followed by Saudi Arabia (180 per cent), New Zealand (175 per cent), Canada (170 per cent) and Australia (145 per cent).
Read the full report in Thursday's edition of The Straits Times.