Written Answer by Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for Finance and Minister for Manpower, to Parliamentary Question on breakdown of local and foreign worker numbers in selected industries

Mrs Lina Chiam: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Manpower (a) for each of the years from 2006 to 2011, what are the numbers and percentages of local workers versus foreign workers; and (b) what is the forecast for the numbers and percentages of local workers versus foreign workers for 2012 and 2013 for the (i) chemical industry; (ii) marine engineering industry; (iii) aerospace engineering industry; (iv) manufacturing industry; and (v) finance sector.

Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam:The breakdown of employment by residential status as at end of 2006 to 2011 is provided in Table 1. There are no forecasts for 2012 and 2013 for the specific industries.

Table 1: Employment by Residential Status, 2006 - 2011P

	Dec 2006	Dec 2007	Dec 2008	Dec 2009	Dec 2010	Dec 2011P
Local	1,739,600 (69.7%)	1,830,000 (67.0%)	1,894,700 (64.2%)	1,936,500 (64.8%)	1,992,700 (64.2%)	2,029,300 (62.9%)
Foreign	756,300 (30.3%)	900,900 (33.0%)	1,057,700 (35.8%)	1,053,500 (35.2%)	1,113,200 (35.9%)	1,197,900 (37.1%)

^P: preliminary
Source: Administrative Records
Note: Data are rounded to the nearest hundred