TFR drop: Why don’t make babies?
Total Fertility Rate dipped to 1.20 I refer to the article “Singapore’s total fertility rate dipped to 1.20 in 2016” (Straits Times, Feb 11). It…
Procreation
More foreigners to S’poreans soon?
Finding ways to adapt to shifts in tech skills I refer to the article “Finding ways to adapt to shifts in tech, skills” (Straits Times,…
Population White Paper must proceed or else?
Population White Paper – Time to revisit an unpopular policy? I refer to Calvin Cheng’s article “The Population White Paper – Time to revisit an…
Foreign & new citizens’ population increased 7 times more than “real” citizens?
Population hits 5.61m I refer to the article “Singapore’s population hits 5.61 million in June, with more births, maids, long-term visit passes” (Straits Times, Sep…
50,770 new citizens/PRs in 2015?
Involve new citizens in all aspects of local life I refer to the article “New citizens need to get involved in all aspects of local…
No Brainer: 5% don’t put money in CDA?
New CDA First Step grant benefits lower income families most I refer to the article “New CDA First Step grant benefits lower income families the…
40k citizen births: 100 local jobs?
Singapore’s baby shortage I refer to the article “Tackling Singapore’s baby shortage” (Sunday Times, Feb 14). It states that “33,793 Singaporean babies were born during…
No. of new citizens ‘carefully calibrated’?
No. of new citizens ‘carefully calibrated’ I refer to the article “Number of new citizens in Singapore will be ‘carefully calibrated’: NPTD” (Channel NewsAsia, Jan…
Procreation tax benefits 166x more than childcare help?
169 childcare centres cut fees I refer to the article “169 childcare centres run by 23 partner operators to cut fees from 2016” (Straits Times,…
Hundreds of thousands of responses to REACH over the years, but still …?
“Retirement adequacy received the most feedback” We refer to the article “Retirement adequacy tops feedback received by REACH” (Channel NewsAsia, Nov 18). 39,000 responses in…