Birth Rate hits all time low
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last year's birth hit 35100, way short of govt's target of 50000.
will the baby bonus help?
i seriously doubt.
so expect to see more chinese immigrants... -
Sg short of land still wana do this... Can explain why?
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this trend is inevitable for any society reaching a certain state of advancement
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Greying population
Late marriages
Remaining single (by choice or otherwise) -
man..thats tragic. Wait wait..when I drop by singapore I make sure I do my bit to help the falling birthrate
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The baby bonus can't help. Only u can. Be the re-production machine of Singapore.Originally posted by dragg:last year's birth hit 35100, way short of govt's target of 50000.
will the baby bonus help?
i seriously doubt.
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okie i'm guilty... i'm NOT helping!
and nope the baby bonus doesn't "motivates" me either.... not say they giving $100,000 or wat...
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I dont think I want to be here when the government reach the state of giving $100k per preggyOriginally posted by tare:okie i'm guilty... i'm NOT helping!
and nope the baby bonus doesn't "motivates" me either.... not say they giving $100,000 or wat... -
everyone shld spend more time in the bar
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*Pulls aside the curtains ....... Fatum steps out ......
help is here ........
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Easy... it's to 'replenish' the minimum threshold for the population!Originally posted by SBS9828X:Sg short of land still wana do this... Can explain why?
I can't remember the exact term, but the no. of births ought to roughly replace the no. of deaths in the population, so that there will not be a population 'deficit', so to speak.
If new births are constantly lower than the ideal rate, then, not only will the demographics reflect a 'top-heavy' pattern, it'll mean a large greying population being supported by a disproportionately smaller number of working populace. (Remember the Population Pyramid that we studied in Geography in Sec 2?
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OK, to use the proper terms, a country's Crude Birth Rate should ideally not fall too far from its Crude Death Rate.
That is bad, bad news for the economy because that means that your country's resources will be used up faster and it might not be replaced adequately. A Total Dependancy Ratio (Child Dependancy Ratio + Old Age Dependancy Ratio) that's too high is certainly cause for concern! -
Oops, double post!
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Now open to gays and lesbians relationship how to seh kia?Now people pay getting lower and lower while tax getting higher and higher how to seh kia?Plus now always promoting the use of condoms lesser chance for accidents how to seh kia???
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Whilst cost is a factor that couples consider when starting a family, it is not the sole factor.
The baby bonus is not a substantial amount in the first place, but I do not think that increasing the baby bonus would result in a higher birth rate. Having babies is not a simple matter of being 'reimbursed' for baby expenses alone!
If you scrutinise the statistics, you'd see that other races are not experiencing as drastic a fall in birth rates, compared to the Chinese.
Central to that is probably the fact that most young Chinese couples tend to put career before family. Since it's a common scenario for both parents to be working long hours in a stressful career, having a baby means yet another stressor in their lives. They may not necessarily have the support network to help them take care of the baby whilst they are at work and the wife might not necessarily be willing to give up her career to be a full-time mom. Besides, the couple might not be able to survive on a single-income alone.
On top of that, the fact that there is a desire to give their child(ren) 'the best' that they can afford. This means that they might not want to have too many children as it would then be much too expensive to give every kid 'the best'.
Next, look at our work environment. How many employers are enlightened enough to provide 'Family Leave' for their employees? It has also been years since the idea of Paternity Leave was first mooted in the papers... how many firms here have ACTUALLY implemented that?
And have we not heard about employers who discriminate against pregnant employees?
In a country where the majority of women in the workforce are also working moms, employers need to offer more to provide a more family-friendly environment. It is not compulsory, since the raison d'etre of corporations is to ensure profitability, but it will certainly motivate their employees to know that the company they are working for, cares.
It is a social responsibility that most companies here have yet to pick up. Enlightenment remains elusive.
In the meantime, instead of dangling a carrot in front of the donkey, the govt seems to be missing the point altogether by dangling unattractive and inappropriate bittergourds on their stick. -
to increase birthrate. simply banned all imports of condoms n contra-ceptives
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How about subsiding not just the PAP kindergartens, but also providing some sort of subsidy for the parents who choose to enroll their children in private kindergartens?
How about establishing nanny centres or childcare centres where the staff will stay later and keep the children company in cases where mom and dad suddenly have to work overtime at the office? Makes it possible for the parents to pick up their children late. -
Originally posted by c0ol_blu3z:to increase birthrate. simply banned all imports of condoms n contra-ceptives
And voila... your abortion rates shall go sky-high! -
continue to make sg difficult to live n the gov can expect to see even more drop in birthrate.... keep on increase everything lo...
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The funniest joke is the Inflation Rate.Originally posted by BrUtUs:continue to make sg difficult to live n the gov can expect to see even more drop in birthrate.... keep on increase everything lo...
Remember when the price of noodles went up from $1.50 to $2.00 a few years back?
That's a bloody 33% increase in price and yet, the inflation rate for that year was a very pretty what... 3-4%??
Granted, inflation rate is calculated in a far more comlicated manner, involving the prices of more consumer goods, but this isolated, simplified illustration ought to give you a glimpse of reality vs statistics! -
not to mention higher STD rates ....Originally posted by Rhonda:
And voila... your abortion rates shall go sky-high!
all those DOMs (dirty old men) at geylang will be dying like flies ....
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gays and lesbians also can seh kia mah, gays can get surrogate mother, while lesbians just need a sperm doner and test tubesOriginally posted by RockeY:Now open to gays and lesbians relationship how to seh kia?Now people pay getting lower and lower while tax getting higher and higher how to seh kia?Plus now always promoting the use of condoms lesser chance for accidents how to seh kia??? 
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education expensive, healthcare expensive, GST getting higher, payrise tends to 0 and u think people will like to have so many kids meh ? got the $$$$ anot...if u give birth to 2, they both go poly or uni then u sure jialat and there goes ur CPF liao....milk powder oso not cheap leh....diapers oso...all add up and u see how much is siphoned from ur income monthly and the amount goes up exponentially month by month, yr by yr
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err...maybe becos sg ladies are not that horny??how to increase population if the girls just wanna have sex once a mth wif their husbard?
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http://www.asiaone.com/st/st_20050917_341354.html
saw this while surfing the local news .... thought to throw it in here like a grenade .... -
Hope higher birth rate this yr
Already so many preggy woman seen