(a) numerical breakdown by nationality of Singapore’s permanent resident (PR) pool from each of the top 20 countries and further sub-divided by gender; and (b) of these top 20 nationalities, how many individuals have remained as PRs for the last 10 and 20 years respectively and have not applied for citizenship at least once, Minister for Law and Home Affairs, K Shanmugam only provided the bare minimum. Mr Shanmugam said that Singapore’s PR population was 45% male and 55% female but refused to provide further information on the basis that publishing PR population by nationality could have implications on specific groups of PRs and create bilateral sensitivities with their country of origin.