Expatriates
Employment Pass
Permanent Residence
Student Pass
Seeking
Employment
Short-Term
Employment Recruitment
Vehicle
Entry Permit
Conversion of foreign driving licence
Clearance of Travellers through Customs (important)
Maps for Tourists
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2004
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Update following earthquake and tsunami
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Singapore Labour Market Report - 3rd Quarter 2004
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Police reject Snowball.04 application |
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...The Police recognise that there are some
Singaporeans with gay tendencies. While Police do not discriminate against
them on this basis, the Police also recognise that Singapore is still, by and
large, a conservative and traditional society. |
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Hence, the Police cannot approve any application
for an event which goes against the moral values of a large
majority of Singaporeans... |
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Changes to Vehicle Entry Permit scheme for visitors from 6 Dec
2004 |
| Reduction in VEP fees from S$30 to S$20 a
day for foreign motorists driving foreign-registered cars into Singapore. |
| Reduction in the VEP operating hours on
weekdays for the 6 December to 31 December 2004 period. The VEP will end at
12.00 noon instead of 7.00 pm. |
| Reduction in the fixed priced ERP charges
from S$10 to S$5 a day, for visiting motorists who choose to use ERP-priced
roads during ERP operating hours but do not have In-Vehicle Units (IUs) in
their cars. |
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The normal toll charges for foreign-registered
cars will still apply. |
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Foreigners can
get PR status with S$5 million investment |
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Foreigners can secure Permanent Resident
(PR) status when they put in at least S$5
million with MAS-registered financial
institutions for a continuous period of five
years in a new scheme which comes into
effect immediately. |
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Source:
Straits Times 1 Dec 2004 (3) |
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Government launches Unclaimed Monies Web site
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Changi Airport tests automated check-in & immigration system
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Amendments to the Immigration Act
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Singapore facing an alarming AIDS epidemic
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Employer
ordered to compensate maid for failure to pay her salary
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Update
on cholera cases in Singapore
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Resumption
of poultry & egg imports from Malacca & Johor
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New
cases of HIV infection reported in first half 2004
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Question
No. 109 for Written Answer, 21 September 04 |
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Question
:
Ms
Braema Mathiaparanam:"To ask the Minister for Home Affairs
(a) what was the total number of applications for permanent
residency made in 2002 and 2003 by (i) men and (ii) women; and
(b) how many in each case were successful."
Answer :
In
2002 and 2003, ICA received an average of about 63,000
applications for permanent residence (PR) per year, of which 45%
were submitted by males.
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There is no significant difference in the approval rates for PR
between male and female applicants. The PR approval rate is
about 60%. |
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Source:
Ministry of Home Affairs
News Release 21 Sep 2004 |
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Student
Protection Scheme for international students
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Singapore
Labour Market Report - 2nd Quarter 2004
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Extension
of detention orders for 17 JI and MILF members
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Q
& A on immigration policies: Minister Wong Kan Seng |
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"We will continue to treat foreigners living and working in Singapore well. |
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" But we should make some calibrations such that Singaporeans have more privileges than
PRs, who will in turn have more privileges than other foreigners. |
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" This is fair to our citizens and will also provide more incentives for suitable immigrants to take up PR and then
citizenship..." |
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Minimum
age for maids to go up to 23 in 2005
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Suspension
of poultry imports from Malaysia |
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AVA has
concurrently imposed a suspension on imports of poultry and
poultry products from Malaysia with immediate effect (18 Aug
2004). |
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AVA would like to
assure the public that poultry and poultry products in Singapore
are safe for consumption. |
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ICA
introduces new disembarkation/embarkation cards
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ICA blacklists six
Singaporean travel agencies |
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The Immigration and
Checkpoints Authority (ICA) has blacklisted six Singaporean travel
agencies specialising in the China market because some of the tourists
they bring in disappear. The six agencies account for more than half of
all the errant tourists from China. Many of the these overstayers are
later caught engaging in vice or other crimes here. |
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Source: Straits Times 28 Jun
2004 (4) |
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SARS situation in
China; precautionary measures in Singapore
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New
Online Foreign Workers' Address System from 1 May 2004
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