林谋泉（蒙巴登单选区议员）先生询问人力部长：

(a) 人力部是否跟踪毕业六个月内无法找到工作的毕业生人数？

 (b) 过去三年，应届毕业生的就业机会是减少还是增加？

颜晓芳（人力部政务部长，代表人力部部长）女士：议长先生，各高等教育机构 (IHL) 通过年度毕业生就业调查，跟踪其各自毕业生毕业六个月后的就业结果。在寻找工作的应届大学毕业生中，就业率在过去三年中一直保持高位和稳定。2023 年毕业生中约有 90% 在毕业六个月内就业，与 COVID-19 之前的水平相当。

议长先生：有请林谋泉先生。

林谋泉先生（蒙巴登单选区议员）：请问政务部长是否有具体的统计数据，而不仅仅是 90%？那么，10% 的人在六个月内找不到工作，但绝对数字是多少？人力部是否有 2022 年和 2021 年（即过去三年）的数据？

颜晓芳（人力部政务部长，代表人力部部长）女士：感谢议员的补充问题。过去三年，这一比例也约为 90%。因此，差异并不大。

议员可能担心应届毕业生的就业机会。我想指出，我们没有应届毕业生整体工作岗位的统计数据，因为如果雇主指定某些工作岗位仅适用于应届毕业生，这将违反职场公平性。不过，一个很好的替代指标是已公布的职位空缺与失业人员的比例，它可以代表所有工人都有工作机会。截止2024 年 6 月，这一比例保持稳定在 1.67，这表明我们的应届毕业生仍然能够找到工作。

 Mr Lim Biow Chuan asked the Minister for Manpower (a) whether the Ministry tracks the number of graduates who are unable to find jobs within six months of graduation; and (b) whether job opportunities for new graduates have reduced or improved over the last three years.

The Minister of State for Manpower (Ms Gan Siow Huang) (for the Minister for Manpower): Mr Speaker, the Institutes of Higher Learning (IHLs) track the employment outcomes of their respective graduates six months after graduation through the annual Graduate Employment Survey. Amongst fresh IHL graduates who are looking for jobs, the employment rate has remained high and stable over the past three years. About 90% of the 2023 cohort were employed within six months of graduation, comparable to pre-COVID-19 levels.

Mr Speaker: Mr Lim Biow Chuan.

Mr Lim Biow Chuan (Mountbatten): May I ask the Minister of State whether she has specific statistics rather than just 90%? So, 10% cannot find jobs within six months, but how many is that in absolute terms? Does the Ministry of Manpower have the figures for 2022 and 2021, that is, last three years?

Ms Gan Siow Huang: I thank the Member for the supplementary question. They are also about 90% for the past three years. So, that variation has not been significant.

The Member might be concerned about the availability of jobs for fresh graduates. I would like to say that statistics on job roles for fresh graduates as a group, are not available as it would be in breach of workplace fairness if employers were to specify that certain job roles are intended for fresh graduates only. But a good proxy is the published ratio of job vacancies to unemployed persons as a proxy for the availability of job opportunities for all workers. This ratio has remained stable at 1.67 in June 2024 and this is an indication that our fresh graduates should still be able to find jobs.