No Babies, No NSmen Woh!

[makapaaa]

Talk so much cock, but refuse to go straight to the point!

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Oh baby, do we need many more: If current trends continue, Singaporeans face the possibility of being a minority in their own country in as quickly as one generation. -- ST FILE PHOTO
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<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"--><!-- more than 4 paragraphs -->MAKE no mistake. The most critical issue in Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong's National Day Rally speech was, and should be, the baby shortage issue.
Weeks ago, Deputy Prime Minister Wong Kan Seng said that with a low fertility rate and without new immigrants, our population would halve by around 2070. The danger of population downsizing by half is real.
What are the consequences if this 'worst case scenario' is allowed to happen? Should citizens downsize to 1.5 million from the current three million and assuming that we have a population of 6.5 million in 2070, we need 1.75 million immigrant citizens just to make sure citizens (at 3.25 million) would not be outnumbered.
This is like converting one in two existing and future permanent residents (PRs) into citizens.
Some possibly serious implications include the introduction of dual citizenship; and local-born citizens would account for only one-third, and PRs one-quarter, of the 6.5 million.
Also, issues concerning local-born versus foreign-born, and citizens versus non-citizens would divide the country deeply, making the sharing of duties, benefits and opportunities among them very complicated.
To allow our current citizen pool to shrink to half is like landfilling half our reservoirs and doubling our reliance on imported water. If we stick to the current 40,000 new births a year (instead of 60,000-plus), a 'point of no return' would set in within 30 to 40 years. The demographic landscape then will be irreversible, unlike landfilled reservoirs which can still be restored. Feeling that they are slowly being outnumbered, more citizens would migrate, quickening the depletion.
Without a critical mass of citizens, it would be very hard, if not impossible, for future generations to survive existing values and institutions. Let us treat the baby shortage as a national crisis: a crisis with consequences far more serious than any we have encountered. Let us set a target to achieve 60,000 or more new births by 2020 or sooner, and maintain this target thereafter. If this can be achieved, reliance on immigrants could be reduced by more than a million by 2070.
We may be unable to feel the impact of the worst case scenario now; but subsequent generations will, from as soon as 30 to 40 years from now.
It is this generation's duty to avert the advent of the 'point of no return' now, beyond which it will be too late to do anything.
Ng Ya Ken

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[makapaaa]

Another cock talker who does not dare to address the real issue of Sporns being driven into extinction by the Familee's scorched earth economic genocide and unbridled influx of FTrash to dilute Sporns' voting power.

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<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"--><!-- more than 4 paragraphs -->I CANNOT help wondering if the Government is barking up the wrong tree regarding the issue of our falling population.
India, for example, does not suffer from a falling birth rate syndrome because of its traditionally religious society.
Singapore is moving away from such a social background. Our pursuit of economic excellence and rewards in the past 40 years has resulted in a new breed of young Singaporeans who hold different values about life.
They are individualistic, mobile and materialistic. Enjoying life and its creature comforts take priority. They view marriage not as a life goal, and even when they are married, defer starting a family.
While much of the blame has been pinned on our 'Stop At Two' policy in the 70s, the truth has to do with changing lifestyles rather than the success of that policy.
As we become more educated and as more women join the workforce, birth rates will head south.�
While monetary incentives help in some way towards boosting the birth rate, its effectiveness is suspect because the underlying problem is the changed attitude towards marriage and family life.
Young Singaporeans no longer hold on to the traditional values of family life and do not want to sacrifice their personal freedom to do so.�
Having large families goes against the grain of a middle class lifestyle.
Today, Singaporeans socialise more. Yet, many fight shy of commitment. This choice of an individualistic lifestyle is the result of economic success and independence.
Having a bigger and more effective and trustworthy Social Development Unit is unlikely to change their mindset. It may just enlarge their social network and propensity to have fun. Tackling the symptoms is not going to solve the root problem.
Thomas Ling

 

[wendypoh]

Also, issues concerning local-born versus foreign-born, and citizens versus non-citizens would divide the country deeply, making the sharing of duties, benefits and opportunities among them very complicated.

It is already happening

 

[DerekLeung]

10 Years ago they should have built 4th and the 5th University !

Now I will spend my remaining years fighting this war, making them embarassed, making sure the world sees it . Stupid PAP policies, just not good enough !

 

[DerekLeung]

WTF PAP you holding back building the 4th and 5th Universities !

You still be fucked whether you build it or not !

 

[nicolewong]

I wonder what will happen if the government makes a mistake and Singapore is overcrowded? Kick all the FTs out then :p

 

[zhihau]

... Talk so much cock, but refuse to go straight to the point! ...

i think the locals are meant to be serfs, economical digits... if they were developed as Citizens of the Republic, that would be a totally different story...

look at the sudden surge of IT grads/dip holders in the 90s, and look at the surge of the LifeScience grads/dip holders in the 00s. it is just too plain to see... the mass is herded like sheeps, off to the slaughter house they go when the influx of IT-trained personnels from India and China came over, and how local Science grads become "test-tube washers"

look at the way the Government portraying the Science Classes as the top class in the secondary schools and how the Art Classes have been relegated... look at how the journalists are being paid and how the doctors and scientists are being paid in Singapore. it is very telling, ain't it?

the entire society seems to be engineered to become serfs, subservient subjects to the elite class, and thank goodness some of the folks became awakened to this reality... Life has once again found its way... :p

 

[suteerak1099]

military conscription was established when we gained independance. its nothing new to the world, cos some other countries practiced long b4 we did. sadly, none as long serving as our's. unlike some other countries that encounter more hostile situations in their backyards... female regiments are nothing rare to the world these days.

instead of calling the women to arms, the gahmen lengthen the yrs of service for our NSmen~!~!! i suppose, when it comes down to the crunch, they'd probably implement 5yrs fulltime NS + 20yrs reservist.

its a fact that the birthrate has fallen sharply in recent yrs, but lesser babies doesnt equate to lesser NSmen, unless they're saying that all migrants to sg r going to be childless. besides, as they boasted in the stats that emigrants into sg r largely well to do, then i see no reason y they cant produce more kids than our locals.

since they always enjoy imposing fines into making the ppl accede to their ideals, it shouldnt be all that difficult to impose hefty fines on those who can better afford luxuries for not producing babies. while the takings from the fines, can also go to help subsidize those who cant really afford, bt r more than willing to bear more kids.