Debated in Parliament on 6 Jul 2021.
Assoc Prof Jamus Jerome Lim asked the Minister for Manpower since 2005, what has been the total number of visas granted for (i) intra-corporate transferees and (ii) professionals under the terms of chapter 9 of the India-Singapore Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement.
Assoc Prof Jamus Jerome Lim asked the Minister for Manpower what is the size of the total and Singapore Citizen/Permanent Resident labour force respectively for each of the three years before and after (i) 2005 (ii) 2007 (iii) 2014 and (iv) 2018, broken down according to the two-digit Singapore Standard Occupational Classification 2020 level.
Assoc Prof Jamus Jerome Lim asked the Minister for Manpower (a) whether the Government has studied the employment and wage changes in the sectors listed in Annex 9A of the India-Singapore Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement; and (b) if such studies have been conducted, whether the Government will be willing to share these findings and, if not, whether it will consider such a study.
The questions have been addressed by the Ministerial Statements delivered by Minister Ong Ye Kung and Minister Tan See Leng on 6 July 2021. [Please refer to "Free Trade Agreements and Foreign Manpower", Official Report, 6 July 2021, Volume 95, Issue No 32, Ministerial Statement section.]
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