I believe that there is not much that can be done in terms of
increasing birth rate....for the very simple reason that there is
no space.
Singapore is a small city-state.....it is already very crowded
and is very high density, highly urbanised, and it is also a mature
economy.
There is not enough land..........if the population keeps
growing, where will the people go to ? Pulau Ubin..?
Because the land is scarce.......the price of land is higher and
higher....and because the price of land is higher, price of
property is higher, and that puts a dampener on young couples
ability to marry and procreate......and this problem is compounded
with the fact that Singapore is a mature service economy, there is
no oil, no gas.......because it is a mature service economy, high
living standards, many households have 2 income (husband and wife)
nowadays it is rare that a young couple can rely only on husband's
income, most young women go out to work.
Nothing can be done......birth rate will naturally increase when
the population shrink to more sustainable level.
War is a good way to reduce the population. But the trouble with
war is that healthy strong men get wasted, and the skinny weakling
stay back and produce more more weaklings. This is why we
are getting SNAGs, homosexual, metrosexual,
boy bands, and don't know what in future. I think the
male will beome womens' pet in future.
And true men would be like Elton and Dave, with their child.
When the population was small and there was no television,
father mother plus eight children was quite common. Now,how to
house 10 people in a flat.
