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The Population White Paper recommends immigration as a means to make up for population shrinkage due to our low total fertility rate (TFR) of 1.2. In a letter to the Straits Times [1], Mr Ng Ya Ken makes a similar calling for us to find the ‘true’ reason for its formulation, which is our ‘dire’ demographic situation... 

Dear Singaporeans, By now, many of you would have known of the labour day sequel protest – For a Better Singapore – organised about 2 1/2 months after the historic protest on 16 Feb. Many people have also questioned whether the sequel is organised too soon whereas some have told me that it’s too late! A sequel protest... 

The US has special land set aside called reservations for the down and out native Red Indians so that they can be protected and continue to live as archaeological evidence that these were the original inhabitants of North America. So the reservation is a kind of protective place for people who are endangered, jobless, and...