Singapore’s Total Fertility Rate hit lowest point last year

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Singapore’s resident total fertility rate or TFR slid to its lowest level ever last year.

This was revealed by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong in his Lunar New Year Message.

The TFR slid to 1.23 from 1.28 in 2008.

It means last year we were short of at least 10,000 babies just to replace ourselves.

Mr Lee says the TFR for the Chinese was even lower, going down from 1.14 to 1.09 equalling the previous low for the Chinese in 2003 and 2004.

While the recession last year may have made couples hold back having babies, Prime Minister Lee says it's also a reflection of fundamental social changes that are affecting all East Asian societies.

Mr Lee says he’s worried about this year too as some Chinese couples prefer not to have children in the Year of the Tiger.

In each of the last three Tiger years (1998, 1986 and 1974), the number of births dipped by seven per cent.

He says the Government will continue to support and encourage Singaporeans to have children.

But more important is support from the family, which helps lessen the burden of raising the next generation.

--938Live

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besides burden of costs, social psychological factors do play a significant part in the healthy development of males reproduction.

if the society like Singapore keep harping and favouring towards females advantage, this would increase mental pressure on men apart from their other heavy social responsibilities as well as those demanded by those laws on men. it would indirectly hit on their ego and identity as male as well as to live up to the ever increasing demands of Sg women..this would affect males sexual health eventually.

FCUKPAP - the govt grossly ignore this important point...becos they have balls without dicks