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(S'pore closes in on HK’s population, tops 6m 1st time)

This increase in S'pore’s population was largely driven by non-residents, including foreign workers and international students. Total population rose 2% from a year ago to touch 6.04 mil as of June, mainly to 5% growth in number of non-residents to 1.86 million – a group includes foreign workers’ dependents and international students, according report released on Tuesday.
Citizen numbers increased 0.7% to 3.64 million, permanent residents climbed 1.2% to 0.54 million.

Isit?. S'pore look abit like, or abit like HK or closes in look and init look like more like HK’s population, with a topping of 6m 1st time)