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The lack of procreation among Singaporeans is the net result of Government policy. Importing our factors of production is a fix for GDP growth – but is it a sustainable one for Singaporeans? If low Singapore birth rates have been one of the underlying drivers for immigration policy – why not tie Minister’s pay to increasing... 

"Like it or not, unless we have more babies, we need to accept immigrants," -Lee Kuan Yew, S'poreans have to understand need for immigrants: LKY When the population of Singapore was 2 million in 1970, Lee Kuan Yew felt that there were too many people and the fertility rate was too high and put in place a drastic social engineering... 

This video report [Soaring prices hit Singapore's poor] by Al Jazeera was done in 2008. It's coming to 4 years since but are the poor in Singapore getting better today? In his recent interview with Fareed Zakaria [Link], PM Lee Hsien Loong said, "If you're poor in Singapore, it's no fun, but I think you're less badly off than...