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It is imperative that all male sinkies have to go for long distance swimming lessons. Majority of them swim halfway and died !!
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bro ash007, to have or not to have kids are really the choice of the couples. i personally felt govt should not implement policy to force ppl to have children. pap already tried it in the 70s with the stop at two nonsense and now look what happen..
There had been many instance where nations try to boost population even 2000plus years ago. remember the Xi Shi story? Yue king Gou Jian want to boost population so as to increase the size of his army implemented many laws. Parents with offsprings in child bearing age yet no marry were throw into prison. The State also will pay for the rearing of the second child and beyond. Age gap between the newly wed cannot be too big so as to ensure one was not too old to make babies. etc etc... u really want the State to dictate how many children u should have?
by the way, u believe pap statistic on population renewal? the malays was listed at 1.69, sure or not, so low meh? my next door neighbour have 3 kids, my colleague have 3 kids too. My mum downstair neighbours have 5-6 children from his three UNMARRIED daughters. another of my neighour down the corridor, her elder daughter have 5 kids, i never see the kids father.
as for chinese figure of 1.09 are also too low to believe, most my peers are married, have at least 1 kid but average ard 2, a few 3. sure there a few of them not marry yet but that dont mean they wont marry & have kids. yes, the population is greying but that because the baby boomers are now in their 50-60. those day, families commonly have 5-6 kids. not i black heart but once current 60-70s hand in IC, then the figure wont look as bad. if the 1.09 is truth, then find out which section of the chinese population are not pulling his/her weight in maintaining population growth.
if u believe only thru govt policy can boost population numbers, i know a easy way. Just outlaw AWARE and scraped the many unfair laws against men, then maybe ppl like laksaboy will believe in marriage and have children.
There is only one way: remove all the PAP ministers. Birth rate will sore immediately.
TFR for Australia is 1.89, TFR for Singapore is 1.16. You come down to any major Australian cities and you will see kids everywhere. Is Australia a Rural agrarian society? A low literacy country? Low cost of living here?
TFR? - I don't know or care about statistics.
Ozzie cities still have more room and breathing space than city-state Singapore. You can always live in the suburbs and commute to the city to work in Oz. In Sg, even pushing a trolley in a supermarket is not an easy task - its too crowded. Oz is still largely an agricultural country - which country supplies more dairy products to East Asia? Literacy percentage? It's high (Oz) but not as high as Peesai, and again, include the Abos?
In a nutshell, Sg's population density is causing it to burst at the seams. Why should families produce more children knowing the quality of life isn't going to be better than their own generation? It's fact known by everyone in Sg but no one will bring it up in the open to discuss and/or deal with it.
Cheers!
TFR? - I don't know or care about statistics.
Ozzie cities still have more room and breathing space than city-state Singapore. You can always live in the suburbs and commute to the city to work in Oz. In Sg, even pushing a trolley in a supermarket is not an easy task - its too crowded. Oz is still largely an agricultural country - which country supplies more dairy products to East Asia? Literacy percentage? It's high (Oz) but not as high as Peesai, and again, include the Abos?
In a nutshell, Sg's population density is causing it to burst at the seams. Why should families produce more children knowing the quality of life isn't going to be better than their own generation? It's fact known by everyone in Sg but no one will bring it up in the open to discuss and/or deal with it.
Cheers!
Money is not the main reason, Ugliness and "Don't know how to chase girl" is the problem
Raising children is more than giving them three meals a day and clothes on their back.
So what's your point?
if you find that your tiny island is too stuffy for you ..you can always LEAVE.
There will be many others who have a harder life elsewhere , willing to TAKE YOUR PLACE!
But if you intent to stay and complain, that's TOO BAD for you!
Even Boss Sam won't give a damn![]()
Money is not the main reason, Ugliness and "Don't know how to chase girl" is the problem
Never give outright discounts for flats. Give rebates only after birth. In other words, give more for baby bonuses, edusave etc