SINGAPORE - There are 1.32 million foreign workers in Singapore and the bulk of them work in the construction and marine sectors.
Manpower Minister Tan Chuan-Jin said this in a written reply yesterday to a parliamentary question filed by Nominated Member of Parliament Mary Liew, who wanted to know the total number of foreign workers and which countries they came from.
The minister said data on the breakdown of nationalities of foreign workers is not publicly available, but gave the top 10 sectors that employed foreign workers.
Apart from construction and marine, the other eight sectors were: wholesale trade; food and beverage services; professional services; transport and storage; fabricated metal products, machinery and equipment; petroleum, chemical and pharmaceutical products; administrative and support services; and electronic, computer and optical products.
This article was first published on August 6, 2014.
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