Immigration cannot fix low fertility problem
I read with great dismay that MM Lee has once again proposed to use immigration to counter falling fertility rate. I really wonder why try to use the same solution if it fails to fix the situation. After allowing more than 1.5 million immigrants into a 600 sq km island of 3.5 million inhabitants over the last ten years, the...
Let the State subsidise first 2 kids
THE total fertility rate in Singapore dropped to 1.16 last year, way below the replacement level of 2.1 ("Fertility figures hit all-time low"; Tuesday). The decline in fertility rate has been observed for more than two decades. The Government had implemented many measures in past years aimed at increasing the fertility rate,...
Election’s Swing Voters – Who Are They?
Many Singaporeans have commented that the soon-coming election will be a watershed one. Some have optimistically predicted that at least two group representative constituencies (GRC) and three single member constituency (SMC) will fall to the opposition wards due to the hostile ground shift against the ruling party. Moreover,...
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