Breakdown of Persons Employed in Accounts and Bookkeeping

13 Mr Patrick Tay Teck Guan asked the Minister for Manpower for each year from 2012 to 2017, how many persons have been employed in the respective occupations of (i) accounting associate professional, (ii) bookkeeper, (iii) ledger and accounts clerk, (iv) audit clerk, (v) payroll/wages clerk, (vi) billing clerk, (vii) procurement/purchasing clerk and (viii) other accounting clerks.

Mrs Josephine Teo: The table below shows the number of residents who have been employed as (i) Accounting Associate Professionals and (ii) Accounting and Bookkeeping Clerks, which comprise the following occupations:

(a) Bookkeeper;

(b) Ledger and accounts clerk;

(c) Audit clerk;

(d) Payroll/wages clerk;

(e) Billing clerk;

(f) Procurement/purchasing clerk; and

(g) Other accounting clerks

A further breakdown by these occupations is not available, as we have not captured a sufficient number of observations in our sample to enable us to provide a meaningful estimate of their employment size.