"SINGAPORE(Reuters)(Feb. 8, 1984) -
Singapore is working out a new family planning program which sets
double standards based on the genetic theory that children borm to
scholars g\have a better chance of growing up to be good, talented
citizens. Graduates and professionals will be told to go forth and
multiply. The less educated will be urged to have no more than two
children.
Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew has thrown his full weight behind the
controversial program. Lee and his deputy, Goh Keng Swee, say it is
wrong for highly educated women to remain single and waste their
genes, robbing the state of a talented generation vital to maintain
the island's prosperity. It will be equally wrong for the less
educated to spread their genes without restraint, which Lee and Goh
are convinced will lower the island's high standards. An official
spokesman said that for the less academically inclined, the lessage
will remain the same - two is enough. " (Quote)