"Number of Singaporean babies born last year lowest since 2014
SINGAPORE: The number of babies born to Singaporean parents last year is at its lowest since 2014, according to the annual Population in Brief report released by the Prime Minister’s Office Strategy Group on Thursday (Sep 27).
There were 32,356 babies born to at least one citizen parent last year, compared to 33,167 in 2016. The average for the past decade is about 32,200."
Not so good numbers for Sgp. If we want to keep Sgp growing, the way to go is to take in MORE married couples with kids!! i.e. take in NEW citizen by the FAMILY m NOT individually! That would b the fastest way. Will the gov go for this radical approach? Will the locally born n bred Sgp folks accept this out-of-box no brainer quick fix?
Is this number shared as a prelude to tell locally born m bred Sgp folks: "Look here. U can't hv your caken eat it!! Someone has to pay the price of marrying n not having kids!"
For all the brilliance of late LKY n his team, they failed to "engineer" emotional matter of the hearts to get people married. The hard logic of cost of starting a family n raising 3 kids till 21 yrs old IF MET fr the trillion of national reserves MAY DO the trick.
Just a matter of: Spend now to get more kids for the future OR keep the money for future Non-Sgp born n bred kids!!
SINGAPORE: The number of babies born to Singaporean parents last year is at its lowest since 2014, according to the annual Population in Brief report released by the Prime Minister’s Office Strategy Group on Thursday (Sep 27).
There were 32,356 babies born to at least one citizen parent last year, compared to 33,167 in 2016. The average for the past decade is about 32,200."
Not so good numbers for Sgp. If we want to keep Sgp growing, the way to go is to take in MORE married couples with kids!! i.e. take in NEW citizen by the FAMILY m NOT individually! That would b the fastest way. Will the gov go for this radical approach? Will the locally born n bred Sgp folks accept this out-of-box no brainer quick fix?
Is this number shared as a prelude to tell locally born m bred Sgp folks: "Look here. U can't hv your caken eat it!! Someone has to pay the price of marrying n not having kids!"
For all the brilliance of late LKY n his team, they failed to "engineer" emotional matter of the hearts to get people married. The hard logic of cost of starting a family n raising 3 kids till 21 yrs old IF MET fr the trillion of national reserves MAY DO the trick.
Just a matter of: Spend now to get more kids for the future OR keep the money for future Non-Sgp born n bred kids!!
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