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7 July 2014
Question No. 25
Name and Constituency of Member of Parliament
Mr Chen Show Mao
MP for Aljunied GRC
Question:
To ask the Minister for Health (a) what dollar amounts in pre-employment grants (PEG) have been awarded to medical and dental students since the inception of the scheme; (b) how many medical and dental students respectively received offers of PEG; and (c) how many accepted such offers to work in Singapore.
Answer:
1. The Pre-employment Grant (PEG) was introduced in July 2010 as an additional talent recruitment measure of the public healthcare clusters to attract more Singaporeans from overseas to supplement the local pipeline of doctors. The PEG was extended to dental students in February 2012.
2. As at end FY2013, 438 medical students have been offered the PEG. 416 of them have accepted the offer, 3 decided not to take up the offer, while 19 are still considering. 11 dental students have been offered the PEG of which 9 have accepted and 2 did not take up the offer. In total, $18 million has been reimbursed to PEG awardees.