Redditer: Is the falling TFR actually an intentional long term policy?

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Is the falling TFR actually an intentional long term policy?​

Discussion

Hi could it be possible that the falling TFR is actually something that works in line with the government’s policy direction rather than being an issue they genuinely want to fix?

From a policy perspective, many of the incentives rolled out seem like band-aid solutions. Housing-wise, it’s similar with most 5-room BTO flats located in the outskirts of Singapore. This limits families to having at most one or two kids, which doesn’t seem sufficient to meaningfully raise the TFR.

Current policies appear to align more with accommodating the full manifestation of the declining TFR rather than reversing it. It almost seems as if the system is designed to enable a gradual replacement of the core “Singaporean” population by importing more high quality immigrants from abroad.

At the end of the day, it’s understandable that a Singaporean doing GrabFood for a living may be perceived as having less economic value than a foreigner brought in to work in a high-demand sector. However, almost resembles a form of eugenics by triggering the replacement of lower-value residents with a higher-value foreign populace.

So is the falling TFR actually a societal problem that the government is intentionally allowing to unfold in order to advance the Singapore GDP machine?