|
Year
|
Number of Participants
|
|
1996-2001
(Silver Hair Programme) |
828
|
|
2002
|
818
|
|
2003
|
1,645
|
|
2004
|
1,917
|
|
2005
|
2,615
|
|
2006
|
1,728
|
|
TOTAL
|
9,551
|
|
No.
|
Country of Origin
|
No. Participants
|
|
1.
|
Britain
|
164
|
|
2.
|
Singapore
|
118
|
|
3.
|
Taiwan
|
99
|
|
4.
|
Japan
|
79
|
|
5.
|
China (PRC)
|
47
|
|
6.
|
Indonesia
|
45
|
|
7.
|
USA
|
42
|
|
8.
|
Hong Kong
|
29
|
|
9.
|
Germany
|
27
|
|
10.
|
Australia
|
26
|
|
11.
|
Others
|
152
|
|
|
TOTAL
|
828
|
|
No.
|
Country of Origin
|
No. Participants
|
|
1.
|
China (PRC)
|
1,974
|
|
2.
|
Bangladesh
|
1,429
|
|
3.
|
Britain
|
885
|
|
4.
|
Taiwan
|
522
|
|
5.
|
Singapore
|
486
|
|
6.
|
Japan
|
434
|
|
7.
|
Indonesia
|
427
|
|
8.
|
India
|
417
|
|
9.
|
Pakistan
|
286
|
|
10.
|
Hong Kong
|
247
|
|
11.
|
Others
|
1,616
|
|
|
TOTAL
|
8,723
|
|
1) Number of applications (Jan-April 2007) : 919 2) Number of approval (Jan-April 2007) : 464 applications 3) Top 5 countries of approval (Jan-April 2007) : i) UK - 70 ii) Japan - 64 iii) Bangladesh - 61 iv) Republic Of Korea - 55 v) China - 27 |
|
Number of active licensed agents - 52 (33.33%)
|
|
Breakdown on the application approval rate from licensed agents: i) > 50% applications approved : 28 companies ii) > 50% applications rejected : 22 companies iii) equal number of approved and rejected application : 2 companies |
|
Rejection of the applications due to : i) Lack of the proof in financial capability of the applicant ii) False/doubtful information in the supporting documents iii) Certification of documents done by unauthorised personnel iv) Fail in security clearance v) Most rejected applicants : Bangladesh, China, Singapore |
|
Axis Genesis current approval rate is : > 90% |
|
Note that according to the Ministry of Tourism,
in-active companies or companies which failed
to perform to the yearly set target, will have
their license suspended. As such applicants are
advised to engage active licensed & experience
companies to avoid any inconveniences.
|