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Table 1: Total newhire skilled Filipino workers
to ASEAN countries for professionals
covered by mutual recognition agreements

1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
Total 1334 1688 765 431 815 1151 740 496 429

Brunei 121 147 59 18 13 33 46 17 9
Cambodia 0 2 2 3 3 1 0 0 4

Indonesia 13 68 4 1 3 3 3 4 4
Laos 4 2 2

Malaysia 216 470 134 44 47 73 73 67 89
Myanmar 7 1 1 1

Singapore 897 895 547 343 746 1036 603 378 313
Thailand 28 63 10 2 1 3 7 27 7

Vietnam 48 41 6 19 2 2 8 3 2

Note: Tourism professionals are not included here because these workers
are scattered across the major occupational groupings (not just
“Professional, Technical and Other Related Workers”)

Source: Philippine Overseas Employment Administration

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