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Oral Answer by Mr Sam Tan, Minister of State for Manpower, to Parliamentary Question on the breakdown of the number of foreign domestic workers in Singapore by nationality

Foreign manpower

Notice Paper No. 608 Of 2017 For The Sitting On 3 Apr 2017

Question No. 1072 For Oral Answer

MP: Mr Dennis Tan Lip Fong

To ask the Minister for Manpower what is the rationale for the Ministry’s reluctance to provide a breakdown of the number of foreign domestic workers in Singapore by nationality.

Proposed Answer

  1. MOM does not provide a breakdown of the number of foreign workers, including foreign domestic workers by nationality as it is not in Singapore’s interest to do so. Disclosing such detailed data may create sensitivities among certain groups.