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貌似人口政策不会变了
Mrs Teo said: “We cannot say for sure. Our surveys show that a large majority of young Singaporeans want to marry and have children. However ... these are not their only life goals.
"Young Singaporeans today have many opportunities to pursue their passions. They may also prefer having their own home or establishing themselves financially before settling down. These factors have contributed to Singaporeans marrying and having children later.”
“However, couples who marry later are more likely to face difficulties conceiving,” she cautioned. “Medically, it is well-established that one’s chances of conceiving diminish sharply after the age of 35.”
Nevertheless, she does not expect major changes to Singapore's immigration policy.
“If our current citizen population were able to replace itself with a TFR of 2.1, we can have a stable citizen population well into the future, without immigration. But, at the current TFR and if there was no immigration at all, our citizen population will shrink in the long term,” she said.
“At around the current rates of immigration, we are close to achieving the same effect as if we had full-replacement TFR. Therefore, we do not expect any major changes to our immigration policy presently. In other words, with a moderate level of immigration, we can prevent the citizen population from shrinking in the long term.”
Mrs Teo assured the House that Singapore takes in a "carefully balanced" number of new immigrants each year. Last year, 22,076 Singapore Citizenships were granted, about the same as in the past few years, she noted.
“We have also taken in a steady number of Permanent Residents each year, many of whom take up citizenship eventually,” Mrs Teo said. “The PR population remains largely stable at around 530,000, with 31,849 PRs granted last year.”
She added: "Given recent trends in foreign employment and current pace of immigration, we expect that by 2020, total population is likely to be below 6 million. By 2030, the total population is likely to be significantly below 6.9 million, as Prime Minister Lee (Hsien Loong) announced previously."
Read more at https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/singapore-total-fertility-rate-new-low-1-16-10002558