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Policies to increase
population in Singapore
- Three or More If You Can Afford It
- Bring Singapore's population growth back to the
replacement level of 2.1 children per woman
- Encouraged parents to have three
children or more if they could afford it
- To help relieve the financial burden of having
children, government introduced measures
- such as allowing the use of Medisave to pay for
the delivery charges of the first three children
- such as allowing the use of Medisave to pay for
the delivery charges of the first three children
- Number of children born
per woman increased from..
- 1.48 in 1986 to 1.96 in 1988
- Increase in 1988 partly due
to it being year of dragon
- Chinese consider it to
be an auspicious year
- After 1988, number of children born per woman
steadily fell, reaching a fertility rate of 1.24 in 2004
- After 1988, number of children born per woman
steadily fell, reaching a fertility rate of 1.24 in 2004
- Chinese consider it to
be an auspicious year
- Increase in 1988 partly due
to it being year of dragon
- 1.48 in 1986 to 1.96 in 1988
- Bring Singapore's population growth back to the
replacement level of 2.1 children per woman
- The Graduate Mothers Scheme
- Encourage marriages among graduates and to
encourage graduates to have more children
- Based on research, education level of the parents had a
direct impact on the performance of their children in schools
- PM Lee felt that female graduates should have more children
- which leads to a higher chance of the new
generation workforce being more educated
- which leads to a higher chance of the new
generation workforce being more educated
- Introduced in 1984
- Did not win the support of the people
- Schemewithdrawn after one
year of implementation in 1985
- The less-educated were unhappy as
they felt neglected under the policy
- Schemewithdrawn after one
year of implementation in 1985
- Encourage marriages among graduates and to
encourage graduates to have more children
- Other pro-family measures
- Equalised medical benefits
- Previously only fathers could make medical
claims for their children from their employers
- Now, both parents can
make medical claims
- Now, both parents can
make medical claims
- Previously only fathers could make medical
claims for their children from their employers
- Grandparent caregiver relief
- Income tax relief of $3000 if a grandparent is
helping the couple take care of their child
- Income tax relief of $3000 if a grandparent is
helping the couple take care of their child
- 5-day work week for the Civil Service
- To allow for better work-life balance
- To allow for better work-life balance
- Extended maternity leave
- From 8 weeks to 12 weeks
- From 8 weeks to 12 weeks
- Equalised medical benefits
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