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LAW and Foreign Affairs Minister K. Shanmugam yesterday said the Government has issued its Population White Paper now to spur serious discussion on what might happen in 20 years' time.
He stressed that a population of up to 6.9 million by 2030 is not a target but a possibility that a responsible government must plan for.
Speaking to reporters at a hongbao presentation event in his Chong Pang ward, he said it was possible to predict with some certainty what would take place over the next five to seven years. Beyond that, the projections in the paper are based on a broad range of assumptions.
The paper projects a population of 6.5 million to 6.9 million by 2030, economic growth of 3 per cent to 5 per cent up to 2020, and 2 per cent to 3 per cent thereafter to 2030.
He stressed that a population of up to 6.9 million by 2030 is not a target but a possibility that a responsible government must plan for.
Speaking to reporters at a hongbao presentation event in his Chong Pang ward, he said it was possible to predict with some certainty what would take place over the next five to seven years. Beyond that, the projections in the paper are based on a broad range of assumptions.
The paper projects a population of 6.5 million to 6.9 million by 2030, economic growth of 3 per cent to 5 per cent up to 2020, and 2 per cent to 3 per cent thereafter to 2030.