Whether it is paying for healthcare, taxes, it is unimaginable what the younger generation will have to face.
What is the Singapore government doing to reverse the low fertility rate in Singapore?
Though the PM’s National Day Rally speech did not go into specifics over the announced pro-family measures, the PAP Women’s Wing (WW) proposals on improving the country’s total fertility rate (TFR) might give us some clues. Here’s an overview of the WW’s recommendations.
A set of premature quadruplets born last month, the first since 2008, are running up an estimated hospital bill of $180,000 and counting, and the babies’ family is growing more distressed as they wonder how to pay for it all.
Although NTUC’s latest proposal aims to bring up our fertility rate, their idea still has parents -- and their employers -- asking “Why?” Is our local labour movement barking up the wrong tree? We ask a few parents, including Sher-li Torrey, founder of [email protected], for their opinions. And we'd like to hear from you too; take our survey below and have your say!
