05
March
2015
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18:21
Asia/Singapore

Europe's baby bump holds lessons for S'pore

Mr Ho Kwon Ping, the first S R Nathan Fellow for the Study of Singapore from the Institute of Policy Studies at NUS, opined that the Republic needs to decide, as its fertility rates continue to plunge, whether it is facing an issue of demographic security requiring the same kind of mindset shift which enabled NS to be implemented, despite the productivity loss and cost to the State.