Does SG’s fertility solution lie with the foreign workers?
We are not sure how many of you walked away more confused after reading the Woo Sian Boh article on the dwindling birth rate in yesterday's (27 Sep) State controlled TODI papers. The links he made and the readings he gave for the poor birth rate were as if he was making justifications for the influx of foreigners while at the...
The late Tang I-Fang was a true foreign talent
The late Tang I-Fang I was quite sad to hear about the passing of former EDB and JTC Chairman Tang I-Fang at the age of 89. Born in China, his stellar achievements gave him the privilege of being one of the few Asians to work in the UN in the 1960s. After coming to Singapore in 1960 to help study how Singapore can be developed,...
Edging towards the abyss
Birth rates have gone up, evidenced by the total fertility rate (TFR) growing by a 1.29 rate, compared to 1.20 in 2011. That's a healthy improvement of 7.5 percent. Before you start grinning like the jackass you saw on the live TV forum, the news is not all good. The non-residential population in Singapore continues to rise...
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