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[h=2]White paper: Singapore needs to take in 20,000 – 25,000 new citizens each year[/h]Posted by temasektimes on April 24, 2012
Despite growing concerns among Singaporeans at the relentless influx of foreigners, it appears that the government’s ‘mass-immigration’ policies are likely to continue in the near future.
A paper released by the National Population and Talent Division under the Prime Minster Office proclaimed today that if the country’s Total Fertility Rate remains the same, Singapore would need an immigration inflow of between 20,000-25,000 new citizens each year to keep the citizen population size stable.
It added that with Singapore’s Total Fertility Rate (TFR) of only 1.2, well below the replacement rate of 2.1, citizen deaths will exceed births in 13 years without immigration.
Unlike other developed countries, Singapore has a lax immigration policy in which bus drivers, construction workers, hawkers and even freelance prostitutes are given PR and citizenship.
The population explosion in the last few years driven by immigration has led to sky-rocketing prices of HDB flats, stagnant wages, breakdown of infrastructure like public transport and a noticeable decline in the quality of life.
Back in 2007, then Minister of National Development Mah Bow Tan had set a population target of 7 million people for Singapore before his vision was abandoned in the aftermath of last year’s General Election.
Despite growing concerns among Singaporeans at the relentless influx of foreigners, it appears that the government’s ‘mass-immigration’ policies are likely to continue in the near future.A paper released by the National Population and Talent Division under the Prime Minster Office proclaimed today that if the country’s Total Fertility Rate remains the same, Singapore would need an immigration inflow of between 20,000-25,000 new citizens each year to keep the citizen population size stable.
It added that with Singapore’s Total Fertility Rate (TFR) of only 1.2, well below the replacement rate of 2.1, citizen deaths will exceed births in 13 years without immigration.
Unlike other developed countries, Singapore has a lax immigration policy in which bus drivers, construction workers, hawkers and even freelance prostitutes are given PR and citizenship.
The population explosion in the last few years driven by immigration has led to sky-rocketing prices of HDB flats, stagnant wages, breakdown of infrastructure like public transport and a noticeable decline in the quality of life.
Back in 2007, then Minister of National Development Mah Bow Tan had set a population target of 7 million people for Singapore before his vision was abandoned in the aftermath of last year’s General Election.
