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"The most effective measure in ensuring population growth is by attracting foriegners to Singapore." How far do you agree? Explain your answer. [13 marks]
Definition of effective measure:
You may define effective as - the method that can guarantee results in terms of increasing the population OR as the method that can increase the population most quickly OR the method that can lead to a permenant increase in the population.
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By Chong WEE
Attracting foreign talent helps to promote population growth as when foreigners begin to work and live here they develop an attachment and may take up permanent residence or citizenship. foreign talent with skill and knowledge are granted easier entry with subsidised housing and an attractive education package for children. singapore's econmic progress has also attracted more foreigners to make singapore their home.
The pro family measures scheme was offered in 2004 with regards to marriage and parenthood. people have delayed their marriage and parenthood thus leading to drastic fall in birth rate. So, many measures were introduced to help couples decide to marry early and become parents. E.G five day work week, extended maternity leave grandparents caregiver relief equalised medical benefits. As with the third child policy, success is still not registered as people were not very receptive to these measures they have become too pragmatic With having a small family.
The third child policy was introduced in 1987 after a slow population growth due to the success of the two child policy. parents were encouraged to have 3 or more children if they can afford it. to help lift the financial burden of having children the government introduced incentives and measures such as alllowing medisave to pay for delivery charges however the only year when there was a significant increase in the birth rate was in 1988 the year of the dragon sonce the the fertility rate has dropped to 1.24 in 2004.
Inconclusion attracting foreign talents produced better results in terms of population growth compared to the two other policies aimed at the locals. As foreign talents has been the fastest and easiest way to promote population growth whereas the two other policyies would take a longer time to bear results
Chong wee and Charles
Attracting foreign talent helps to promote population growth as when foreigners begin to work and live here they develop an attachment and may take up permanent residence or citizenship. foreign talent with skill and knowledge are granted easier entry with subsidized housing and an attractive education package for children. Singapore's econmic progress has also attracted more foreigners to make singapore their home.
The pro family measures scheme was offered in 2004 with regards to marriage and parenthood. people have delayed their marriage and parenthood thus leading to drastic fall in birth rate. So, many measures were introduced to help couples decide to marry early and become parents. E.G five day work week, extended maternity leave grandparents caregiver relief equalised medical benefits. As with the third child policy, success is still not registered as people were not very receptive to these measures they have become too pragmatic With having a small family.
The third child policy was introduced in 1987 after a slow population growth due to the success of the two child policy. parents were encouraged to have 3 or more children if they can afford it. to help lift the financial burden of having children the government introduced incentives and measures such as alllowing medisave to pay for delivery charges however the only year when there was a significant increase in the birth rate was in 1988 the year of the dragon sonce the the fertility rate has dropped to 1.24 in 2004.
In conclusion attracting foreign talents produced better results in terms of population growth compared to the two other policies aimed at the locals. As foreign talents has been the fastest and easiest way to promote population growth whereas the two other policies would take a longer time to bear results
Yes, I agree to a large extent that attracting foreigners is the most effective way.
Attracting foreigners to come to Singapore is the fastest way to increase the population. The government will be subsiding housing and education for foreigners in Singapore. Not only that, foreigners are welcome to take up any available jobs and government would be liberalizing the immigration law to allow foreigners to become Singaporeans more easily. Thus, increasing the population.
Furthermore, Graduate Mothers Scheme is set up to convince mothers to have as many babies as possible. The government encourages them by giving them incentives. The more babies the mothers have, the greater the incentives. Thus, increasing the population.
Moreover, pro-family measures are taken to increase the population in Singapore. Maternity leave is extended to twelve weeks. Not only that, mothers now, would be able to make medical claims from their employers and a five-day work week is given so as to allow parents to bond with their children. Hence, increasing the population.
In conclusion, the most effective way to increase the population is the method which increases the population the fastest and the method is attracting foreigners to become Singaporeans. Since Singapore is safe from crime and natural disasters, foreigners would think of taking up citizenship in Singapore. Thus, the most effective way to increase the population the fastest.
However, having pro-family measurements and Graduate Mothers Scheme also improves the population but at a slower rate. By bringing benefits to the people, they would be encouraged to have more babies. Incentives and holidays, such as the 5-day work week for civil service, would be given more occasionally. The problems faced by parents are the amount of money spent to bring up a child and the amount of time used to interact with their children. Thus, pro-family measurements and Graduate Mothers Scheme are useful in helping the decrease the burden that the parents had and hence, persuading parents to have more babies and thus increasing the population. But it is less effective as babies to be born need a long period, thus increasing population at a slower rate.
Yes, I agree to a large extent that attracting foreigners is the most effective way.
Attracting foreigners to come to Singapore is the fastest way to increase the population. The government will be subsiding housing and education for foreigners in Singapore. Not only that, foreigners are welcome to take up any available jobs and government would be liberalising the immigration law to allow foreigners to become Singaporeans more easily. Thus, increasing the population.
Furthermore, Graduate Mothers Scheme is set up to convince mothers to have as many babies as possible. The government encourages them by giving them incentives. The more babies the mothers have, the greater the incentives. Thus, increasing the population.
Moreover, pro-family measures are taken to increase the population in Singapore. Maternity leave is extended to twelve weeks. Not only that, mothers now, would be able to make medical claims from their employers and a five-day work week is given so as to allow parents to bond with their children. Moreover, by having grandparents to take care of their child, the grandparent caregiver relief would relief an amount of three thousand income taxes.
In conclusion, the most effective way to increase the population is the method which increases the population the fastest and the method is attracting foreigners to become Singaporeans. Since Singapore is safe from crime and natural disasters, foreigners would think of taking up citizenship in Singapore. Thus, the most effective way to increase the population the fastest.
However, having pro-family measurements and Graduate Mothers Scheme also improves the population but at a slower rate. By bringing benefits to the people, they would be encouraged to have more babies. Incentives and holidays, such as the 5-day work week for civil service, would be given more occasionally. The problems faced by parents are the amount of money spent to bring up a child and the amount of time used to interact with their children. Thus, pro-family measurements and Graduate Mothers Scheme are useful in helping the decrease the burden that the parents had and hence, persuading parents to have more babies and thus increasing the population. But it is less effective as babies to be born need a long period, thus increasing population at a slower rate.
I agree that the effective measure in ensuring population growth is by attracting foriegners to Singapore up to a certain extent.There are other ways to ensure population such as the pro-family measures and the three or more if you can afford it policy.
Firstly,attracting foreigners is a way to boost Singapore’s population growth as it has immediate impacts and is greatly within the control of the government. Although changing the mindset of the local citizens towards foreign talent will take time, but once in place, they will change the rate at which population of the country will grow. It is also a cost effective solution as the government does not have to channel large amounts of money to attract foreign talent to the country. Therefore, attracting foreign talent is a way to boost Singapore’s population growth.
Furthermore,another way to ensure population growth is the pro-family measures.Pro-Family Measures is one of the ways to increase population growth. One was announced by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong during the National Day Rally Speech in 2004 as a result of public feedback. One measure was on equalized medical benefits were both parents could make medical claims for their children from their employers. Also, income tax relief of $3000 were given to couples if their children’s grandparents help the couple to take care of their children. Maternity leave was also increased from eight weeks to twelve weeks for the mother to rest and take care of her baby. Also, a 5-day work week was introduced for the civil service to allow for better work life balance. The pro-family measures introduced aimed at either reducing the cost of raising children or providing better means for childcare. These measures would lower the cost of having children or helping taking care of children easier, thus, hopefully more couples will be encouraged to have more babies. With more babies, the total population of Singapore will grow, hence boosting population growth. The growth in population helps provide more workers and labour supply to the shrinking labour market and national defence. This in turn helps to sustain national development of achieving greater economic development. Therefore, the Pro-Family Measures is one of the ways to increase population growth.
Lastly,another way to ensure population growth is through the three or more if you can afford it policy.Increasing population growth through encouraging larger families is one of the solutions government has used to boost Singapore’s population. In 1987, the government introduced a policy aimed at bringing Singapore’s population growth back to the replacement level of 2.1 children per woman. In this policy, instead of discouraging large families, parents were encouraged 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 Medisave to pay for the delivery charges of the first three children. Also, there were publicity campaigns on the joys of parenthood run by the government to encourage those who can afford it to have three children or more. Therefore, increasing population growth through encouraging larger families is one of the solutions government has used to boost Singapore’s population.
In conclusion,the most effective measure in ensuring population growth is the method that can increase the population most quickly.Attracting foreigners will have immediate impacts and is greatly within the control of the government. The pro-family measures and the three or more if you can afford it policy can also ensure population growth but both of it does not have an immediate effect.Therefore, attracting foreigners will be the best method to ensure population growth.
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By : Jermaine Tan (16) 3E2
I agree that the most effective measure in ensuring population growth is by attracting foreigners in Singapore. However, there are other effective measures that ensure the population grows such as the Graduate’s Mother scheme and the pro-family measures.
Firstly, Singapore tried to increase the population by attracting foreigners. It is done by relaxing its immigration policy that Singapore required, attracting more foreigners to come and also allow foreigners to become a Permanent Resident more easily. This will boost the manpower in Singapore. Also, they welcome foreigners to take up a job here by offering them subsidized housing and an attractive education package for children. Singapore is also a place with excellent infrastructure, clean environment and is safe from natural disasters, political instability or even racial discrimination.
This will make the foreigners think of raising up a family at this kind of environment. Some of them might even marry a Singaporean and have children. With family ties, they grow roots and feel Singaporeans. They might even pick up local culture and behavior traits. It will make them decide to take up citizenship in Singapore. This will in turn help to boost Singapore’s population.
Secondly, Singapore tried to increase the population growth by introducing the Graduate’s Mother scheme. It is a scheme whereby marriages are encouraged between graduates due to beliefs that it will improve the performance of their children in term of their education in school. Also, the government felt that there was a higher chance of new generation workforce bring more educated. Hence, when there are more marriages, there is a higher chance for married couples to give birth to children. Hence, the birth rate in Singapore will increase and this will boost Singapore’s population and workforce in the future.
Thirdly, Singapore came up with other pro-family measures. For example: Equalized medical benefits introduced, 5-days work week for a better work-life balance, extended maternity leave from 8 weeks to 12 weeks, Grandparent caregiver relief so the child could be well taken care of by the grandparents while the parents are at work . This encourages couples to have more children as they are now given more time to rest when they give birth and also better balance between work and children hence increasing the birth rate in Singapore.
Thus, I agree that the most effective measure in ensuring population growth by attracting foreigners. The Graduate’s mother scheme caused unhappiness as the less-educated felt that they would be neglected under the policy. This might cause those mothers who are less educated to have second thoughts on giving birth hence Singapore population will not increase much. As long as these mothers are Singaporeans, they should be treated equally. Also with this scheme, it does not mean that Singaporean’s graduates will take want to give birth. The scheme was withdrawn after one year of implementation because of the negative public reaction hence it was a failure compared to attracting foreign talents which will guarantee a rise in population.
While the pro-family measures is a good thing, it does not meant that women would want to give birth and this will not guarantee an increase in Singapore’s population compared to attracting foreigners which will help to strengthen the workforce with their individual talent and also increasing Singapore’s population.
By : Jermaine Tan (16) 3E2
I agree that the most effective measure in ensuring population growth is by attracting foreigners in Singapore. However, there are other effective measures that ensure the population grows such as the Graduate’s Mother scheme and the pro-family measures.
Firstly, Singapore tried to increase the population by attracting foreigners. It is done by relaxing its immigration policy that Singapore required, attracting more foreigners to come and also allow foreigners to become a Permanent Resident more easily. This will boost the manpower in Singapore. Also, they welcome foreigners to take up a job here by offering them subsidized housing and an attractive education package for children. Singapore is also a place with excellent infrastructure, clean environment and is safe from natural disasters, political instability or even racial discrimination.
This will make the foreigners think of raising up a family at this kind of environment. Some of them might even marry a Singaporean and have children. With family ties, they grow roots and feel Singaporeans. They might even pick up local culture and behavior traits. It will make them decide to take up citizenship in Singapore. This will in turn help to boost Singapore’s population.
Secondly, Singapore tried to increase the population growth by introducing the Graduate’s Mother scheme. It is a scheme whereby marriages are encouraged between graduates due to beliefs that it will improve the performance of their children in term of their education in school. Also, the government felt that there was a higher chance of new generation workforce bring more educated. Hence, when there are more marriages, there is a higher chance for married couples to give birth to children. Hence, the birth rate in Singapore will increase and this will boost Singapore’s population and workforce in the future.
Thirdly, Singapore came up with other pro-family measures. For example: Equalized medical benefits introduced, 5-days work week for a better work-life balance, extended maternity leave from 8 weeks to 12 weeks, Grandparent caregiver relief so the child could be well taken care of by the grandparents while the parents are at work . This encourages couples to have more children as they are now given more time to rest when they give birth and also better balance between work and children hence increasing the birth rate in Singapore.
Thus, I agree that the most effective measure in ensuring population growth by attracting foreigners. The Graduate’s mother scheme caused unhappiness as the less-educated felt that they would be neglected under the policy. This might cause those mothers who are less educated to have second thoughts on giving birth hence Singapore population will not increase much. As long as these mothers are Singaporeans, they should be treated equally. Also with this scheme, it does not mean that Singaporean’s graduates will take want to give birth. The scheme was withdrawn after one year of implementation because of the negative public reaction hence it was a failure compared to attracting foreign talents which will guarantee a rise in population.
While the pro-family measures is a good thing, it does not meant that women would want to give birth and this will not guarantee an increase in Singapore’s population compared to attracting foreigners which will help to strengthen the workforce with their individual talent and also increasing Singapore’s population.
I agree to a large extent with this statement. However, there are also other measures which the government uses to ensure population growth such as financial incentives and other pro-family measures.
Attracting foreigners to Singapore is one of the measures which the government uses in ensuring population growth. In order to enhance its competitiveness while waiting for pro-family measures to show positive results, the government began to attract foreign talents into Singapore. By subsidizing housing and education, welcoming foreigners to take up jobs here in Singapore and also by liberating our immigration laws to allies’ foreigners to become permanent residents more easily, foreigners will be more attracted to come to Singapore. Unlike other countries, Singapore is a safe country where we have low crime rate, a stable politics and also we are free from natural disasters. Also, being a Cosmo politician, Singapore accepts people of different race and religion. Singapore is also famous for its clean and green environment where we are pollution free and we have excellent infrastructure and good transport system. Some foreigners will tend to like the living environment here and they may even think of raising their families in this environment. As a result, some may even marry Singaporeans and have children here, when they have children here, their children will be a Singaporean automatically. Once they developed families’ ties here, they will grow roots here and eventually feel like a Singaporean and pick up local culture and behavioral traits. Thus this will make them decide to take up citizenship and be a permanent resident in Singapore. Therefore with foreigners and their families adding on to Singapore population, it will definitely increase Singapore’s population in a short time. Thus attracting foreigners to Singapore is a measure which the government uses to in ensuring population growth.
Also, implementing financial incentives is another measure which the government uses to ensure population growth. The Singapore baby bonus scheme, first introduced in April 2001 and enhanced in August 2004, supports parent’s decisions to have more children by helping to ease the financial cost of raising children. Singaporeans will actually receive $4000 each for their first and second child. For their third and fourth child they will receive $6000 each. There is also a children development account in place for parents to open any OCBC bank or Standard Chartered Bank for their child. The government will match the parents’ contribution to the account dollar for dollar. The savings in the account may be used to pay fees or to purchase Medishield or Medisave plans. With all these financial benefits in place to encourage parents to have more children, couples will definitely be attracted to go ahead to have more children. This will also be more appealing to couples who are having financial difficulties and are hesitating on whether or not they can afford to have children as they no longer have to worry so much on the financial burden that they have to carry. This means that those who are on financial aids can also have babies with the aid of these financial incentives. As a result, couples will be more willing to go ahead to have more children. With more mothers giving birth to more babies, it will definitely help to boost Singapore’s population. Hence, providing financial incentives is also one measure which the government uses to ensure population growth.
Moreover, the government also uses other pro-family measures in order to ensure population growth. These pro-family measures were introduced with the aim of reducing the cost of raising children and at the same time providing better means of childcare. Equalized medical benefits were introduced where not only father but mother can also claim medical benefits for their children. A 5-day work week for the civil servants was implemented to allow for better work-life balance. An income tax relief of $3000 was given if a grandparent is helping the couple to take care of their children. Also, maternity leave was extended from 8weeks to 12weeks so as to provide the mother with enough time and privilege to rest and spend time with and take care of her baby. These measures would thus lower the cost of having children and allow easier means of taking care of the children, with these benefits in place, the mother do not have to worry that she will not have enough time to find suitable childcare for her baby or even spend time with her baby. Also, female civil servants will have the benefit to spend more time with her family during the weekends due to the 5-day work week. Therefore with so many benefits in place to provide convenience and encourage them to have more babies, couples will thus not hesitate so much on whether or not to have babies. Thus, other pro-family measures are another measure that the government uses to ensure population growth.
In conclusion, the most effective measure in ensuring population growth is the method that can guarantee results in terms of increasing population. By increasing population through attracting foreigners, the government would have 100% control over the population growth as the government can choose to either tighten requirements for applying the Singaporean citizenship so that it would be more difficult for foreigners to obtain a citizenship or they can choose to relax the requirements so that it would be easier for foreigners to obtain citizenship. This means that the government would have absolute control as when they want to increase the population growth; all they have to do is to relax the requirements to make it easier for foreigners obtain citizenship. In this way, there will be more people applying citizenship in Singapore which also means that there will be more people living in Singapore and as a result guaranteeing the result of population growth. However, pro-family measures and financial incentives can only encourage people to give birth but that does not guarantee immediate results as couples can still choose to want to give birth but they may still choose to give birth at a later age or they may even choose to give birth to one children. Moreover, the financial incentives might only appeal to the lower class group but not the upper class group or even the middle class group as they can choose not to have babies even thought they can afford it. Hence, the measure that can guarantee results in terms of increasing population growth would be attracting foreigners to Singapore.
I agree to an extent only.As there are other effective ways to ensure population growth such as the pro-family measures and the "three or more if you can affored it scheme".
Firstly,by attracting foreigners to Singapore. This meant that the government is taking extra measures to attract foreigners to come to singapore hoping that they will take a pernament residence here,and even chose to have a family here. This is supported by the attractive offers implemented by the govt. such as susidised housing and education,welcoming foreigners to work in singapore and liberalizing out immigration policies.This shows that by attracting foreigners to Singapore to make a living here, they will get use to the environment and even decide tobe pernament resience and start a family here. Their Children will atomaticallt be Singaporeans in turn leading to the increase population in Singapore. Therefore attracting foreigners is one effective method to increase population in Singapore.
Secondly,the pro-family measures.This mesnt that the govt was trying to reduce the concerns for getting a child . This is supported by the extended maternal leave which expectant women have. they can have abreack for work from 8 to 12 weeks. Also,the 5-day work week for civil servant s to allow them to to have a better work-life balance. This shows that with all the prvillages when a women is pregnant they will be more willing to give birth as they would want to et th special privillages and also support their jobs. Leading to more babies which means a larger population. Therefore, the pro-family method is another effective way of increasing Singapores population.
Lastly,thw 2 or more if you can affored it scheme. This scheme maimed to bring Singapore's poplation back to the replacement level of 2`1 children per woman.Parents were encouraged to have 3 or more children if they could afford it. This is supported by Minister Goh Chock TOng encouraging birth rates by saying that this scheme should check our declining birth rate. We must succeed here or there will be too many old people to support the young. This shows that Singaporean were encouraged to have more children or else they might face a difficult live ahead as there are too few young people to support their genertion. causing them to want to have more then 3 babies if they could afford it.Therefore for those who can afford it they will chose to have more babies to have a secured future,helping to increase Singapores population, Therefore this is another way of increasing singapores population.
Hence, i agree to an extent. As i feel that there are other effective methods other then attracting foreign talents. As all of them help increase Singapore's population effectively.
I agree to a large extend that attracting foreigners to Singapore is the most effective way to increase population growth.
When foreigners come to Singapore to become a Singaporeans our population will increase as we need to wait up to nine month for a baby so by attracting foreigners we can shorten the time for our population the grow.And since they are Singaporeans,they will form a family here and help to increase population.Government can control the number of foreigners that had emigrated to Singapore too.Hence it is effective in increasing population.
Another way to increase population in Singapore is to give financial incentives like baby bonus, tax relief and equalised medical benefits.This will encourage couple who have problems with their finance to give birth as they do not need to worry abt the cost of having a baby.
Lastly is to give benefits that are pro family like maternity leave and five days work week.In this scheme the parents can spent more time with their new born baby and allow the parents to have a good rest after giving birth.Most parents does not give birth is because they do not have the time to spent with their child so with this scheme, parents will be motivated to give birth to more babies which increases the population in Singapore.
In conclusion,the most effective way to increase population in Singapore is the one that uses the shortest period of time .this is achievable only by attracting foreigners to Singapore because the government can control the number of foreigners coming into Singapore and it is fast as we do need need to wait up to nine months.This has direct impact on increasing the population in Singapore.
I agree to a large extend that attracting foreigners is the most effective way to increase population in Singapore.
Attracting foreigners into Singapore is the fastest way to increase population.As to wait for a baby to be born, we need to wait for about nine months.And our government can also control the number of foreigners which emigrated to Singapore.When the foreigners come to Singapore,they will start to start a family and help to increase the population in Singapore.Hence it is a way to increase Singapore's population.
Another method is to give financial incentives like baby bonus,tax relief and equalised medical benefits. These can encourage couples who are having some problems with their finance to give birth as they do need to worry for the cost as the government will give them some help.And this can increase the population in Singapore.
Lastly,by giving benefits that are pro family like maternity leave and five days work week can motivate parents to give birth as parents does not want to give birth because they do not have the time to spent with their children so with this scheme parents would think of giving birth to at least one child.And this will help to increase the population growth in Singapore.
In conclusion,,the most effective method to increase population growth in Singapore is the one which uses the shortest period of time.This is achievable only through attracting foreigners to Singapore as we do not need to wait up to nine months and the government can control it .
I agree to a large extent that attracting foreigners to Singapore is the most effective way in ensuring population growth as it guarantee results in increasing the population.
Attracting foreigners to Singapore means ensuring they will stay in Singapore permanently. For example, Singapore has low crime rate and free from natural disasters, this meant that they will have a safe environment to live in and do not have to worry of their own safety. Singapore also has a clean and green environment which also has more transport systems for them to get to their destination quickly and more conveniently. Thus, some foreigners will like the living condition. They will think of raising their families in this environment. Some may marry Singaporeans and have children and their children will be automatically Singaporeans. With family ties as they grow root and feel Singaporean, they will pick up local culture and behaviour traits, this make them decide to take up citizenship. Hence, this definitely led to a increase in the Singapore population.
However, another way to increase population is to give financial incentives. Giving incentives means giving equalised medical benefits to both parents and encourage them to have more children. The government also introduced baby bonus as the objective of this scheme is to improve on the country's fertility rate by providing cash incentives, with the hope of reducing the financial burden of raising children and thereby encouraging them to have more children. Therefore, by reducing financial burden, parents will be more inclined to have more children as they do not have to worry about money problems. Hence, this will lead to a increase in the Singapore population.
Lastly, giving benefits that are pro-family is also one way to increase population in Singapore. For example, extended maternity leave. This provides paid or unpaid time off work to care for their child or make arrangements for their child's welfare. Many married women are worried as they fear that they would not have enough time to take care of their child and have enough rest after they had gave birth. Therefore, with this measure being introduced, mothers will be relief to give birth to their child and they would also have enough time to recover and take care of their own child at the same time. Moreover, the 5 days work week also implemented for them, this meant that they will spend their time together with their family during the weekends. Therefore, this will allow them for a better work-lfe balance and they will not neglect their family due to their busy work schedule. Hence, this will lead to a increase in the Singapore population.
In conclusion, attracting foreigners is the best way to increase population in Singapore as it gurantees a result in increasing the population, but giving incentives and benifits that are pro-family would only encourage the married couples to give births. They still can choose to give birth or not. Thus, this will not led to a increase in population in Singapore. Hence, attracting foreigners is the most effective way in ensuring population growth.
Xue Qi (3)
I agree to a large extent that attracting foreigners to Singapore is the most effective way in ensuring population growth as it guarantee results in increasing the population.
Attracting foreigners to Singapore means ensuring they will stay in Singapore permanently. For example, Singapore has low crime rate and free from natural disasters, this meant that they will have a safe environment to live in and do not have to worry of their own safety. Singapore also has a clean and green environment which also has more transport systems for them to get to their destination quickly and more conveniently. Thus, some foreigners will like the living condition. They will think of raising their families in this environment. Some may marry Singaporeans and have children and their children will be automatically Singaporeans. With family ties as they grow root and feel Singaporean, they will pick up local culture and behaviour traits, this make them decide to take up citizenship. Hence, this definitely led to a increase in the Singapore population.
However, another way to increase population is to give financial incentives. Giving incentives means giving equalised medical benefits to both parents and encourage them to have more children. The government also introduced baby bonus as the objective of this scheme is to improve on the country's fertility rate by providing cash incentives, with the hope of reducing the financial burden of raising children and thereby encouraging them to have more children. Therefore, by reducing financial burden, parents will be more inclined to have more children as they do not have to worry about money problems. Hence, this will lead to a increase in the Singapore population.
Lastly, giving benefits that are pro-family is also one way to increase population in Singapore. For example, extended maternity leave. This provides paid or unpaid time off work to care for their child or make arrangements for their child's welfare. Many married women are worried as they fear that they would not have enough time to take care of their child and have enough rest after they had gave birth. Therefore, with this measure being introduced, mothers will be relief to give birth to their child and they would also have enough time to recover and take care of their own child at the same time. Moreover, the 5 days work week also implemented for them, this meant that they will spend their time together with their family during the weekends. Therefore, this will allow them for a better work-lfe balance and they will not neglect their family due to their busy work schedule. Hence, this will lead to a increase in the Singapore population.
In conclusion, attracting foreigners is the best way to increase population in Singapore as it gurantees a result in increasing the population, but giving incentives and benifits that are pro-family would only encourage the married couples to give births. They still can choose to give birth or not. Thus, this will not led to a increase in population in Singapore. Hence, attracting foreigners is the most effective way in ensuring population growth.
Xue Qi (3)
I agree to a large extent that attracting foreigners to Singapore is the most effective way in ensuring population growth as it guarantee results in increasing the population.
Attracting foreigners to Singapore means ensuring they will stay in Singapore permanently. For example, Singapore has low crime rate and free from natural disasters, this meant that they will have a safe environment to live in and do not have to worry of their own safety. Singapore also has a clean and green environment which also has more transport systems for them to get to their destination quickly and more conveniently. Thus, some foreigners will like the living condition. They will think of raising their families in this environment. Some may marry Singaporeans and have children and their children will be automatically Singaporeans. With family ties as they grow root and feel Singaporean, they will pick up local culture and behaviour traits, this make them decide to take up citizenship. Hence, this definitely led to a increase in the Singapore population.
However, another way to increase population is to give financial incentives. Giving incentives means giving equalised medical benefits to both parents and encourage them to have more children. The government also introduced baby bonus as the objective of this scheme is to improve on the country's fertility rate by providing cash incentives, with the hope of reducing the financial burden of raising children and thereby encouraging them to have more children. Therefore, by reducing financial burden, parents will be more inclined to have more children as they do not have to worry about money problems. Hence, this will lead to a increase in the Singapore population.
Lastly, giving benefits that are pro-family is also one way to increase population in Singapore. For example, extended maternity leave. This provides paid or unpaid time off work to care for their child or make arrangements for their child's welfare. Many married women are worried as they fear that they would not have enough time to take care of their child and have enough rest after they had gave birth. Therefore, with this measure being introduced, mothers will be relief to give birth to their child and they would also have enough time to recover and take care of their own child at the same time. Moreover, the 5 days work week also implemented for them, this meant that they will spend their time together with their family during the weekends. Therefore, this will allow them for a better work-lfe balance and they will not neglect their family due to their busy work schedule. Hence, this will lead to a increase in the Singapore population.
In conclusion, attracting foreigners is the best way to increase population in Singapore as it gurantees a result in increasing the population, but giving incentives and benifits that are pro-family would only encourage the married couples to give births. They still can choose to give birth or not. Thus, this will not led to a increase in population in Singapore. Hence, attracting foreigners is the most effective way in ensuring population growth.
Xue Qi (3)
By Chow Yu Xiang(23) 3E2
I agree to a large extent that attracting foreigners into Singapore is the best way of ensuring population growth as it gurantees a result.
Attracting foreigners means attracting foreigners into Singapore and also ensuring they will think of staying in Singapore permanently.To attract foreigners,Singapore relaxed its immigration policy to allow them easier entry into Singapore.Singapore also provides subsidised housing and attractive education package for foreigners.Singapore was also a much safer country when compared to other country,low on crimes and natural disaster.It is also free of heavy pollution unlike countries such as Hong Kong.These advantages will make foreigners think that Singapore is a better country for them to grow their roots in.They will marry local Singaporeans,become a permanent resident,and their children will also become Singaporeans as they are born in Singapore.After settling down in Singapore,the foreigners will pick up local culture and behaviour and truly become a Singaporean.Hence attracting foreigners increases population in Singapore.
However,giving incentives is also a way to increase population in Singapore.Giving incentives means giving benefits to those who give birth to encourage reproduction.One measure the government introduced is the allowing the use of Medisave to deliver their children.Many who did not want to give birth is because of financial issues.Hence allowing the use of Medisave would solve their financial burden of delivering a child,and they would proceed to have more children.
Hence giving incentive increases population in Singapore.
Lastly,giving benifits that are pro-family also increases population in Singapore.An example would be the extended marital leave.Many women are hesitant of giving birth as they are afraid they would not have time to care for their child or not enough time to fully recover from giving birth.With this measure implemented,the mother would have plenty of rest and time to care for her child.Hence they would be able to give birth without worries.Therefore,having pro-family measure would increase population in Singapore.
In conclusion,attracting foreigners is still the best way to increase population increase in Singapore as it gurantees a result.Attracting foreigners will mean an increase in population whether they become permanent residents or not.However,giving incentives or benifits that are pro-family would only encourage women to give birth.If they are stubborn,there would not be any increase in population.Hence attracting foreigners is the best way to increase the population in Singapore.
I agree that attracting foreigners is the most effective measure in ensuring population growth in Singapore.As it is the quickest way to increase singapore's population it is the most effective.
Attracting foreigners to Singapore is a way to ensure population growth.In 1989 Singapore relaxed its immigration policy to attract foreigners with skills that Singapore required.Easier entry to Singapore,subsidised housing and an attractive education package for children were offered to foreigners who work and lice in Singapore.Thus singapore will have more people in the country increasing Singapore's population.So attracting foreigners is a quickest way to increase Singapore's population thus it is the most effective.
However, the 'Three or more if you can afford it' is also a way to increase singapore's population.Through this campaign parents are encouraged to have three or more children if they could afford it.The government only encourage three or more for those who can afford it as they are afraid if too many babies are born during this period can cause seroius social problems as families cannot cope financially.However this is not the most effective way to in crease Singapore's population as it is not the quickest way to increase singapore's population as you need time to have a baby.
There is also the graduate mothers scheme which is to encourage university graduates to have more childrens as studies have shown that childrens of university graduates were more likely to have children who performed better in schools.Prime minister Lee felt that if more graduates have more childrens there would be a higher chance the new generation workforce being more educated.However this is not a effective way to increase Singapore's population as it only encourages more childrens for university graduates.So this scheme would not increase Singapore's population quick as only a small amount of people are encouraged to have more children.
Attracting foreigners is the most effective way to increase singapore's population growth as it can increase singapore's population fast in a short period of time.Thus attracting foreigners is the most effective way to increase population growth in Singapore.
Done by: Jonathan(28)3E2
I agree to a large extend that attracting foriegners to Singapore is an effective way in increasing population growth in terms of it being the method which gurantee results.
Attracting foriegners to Singapore is an effective way in increasing population growth.Foreighers would be attracted to singapore due to subsidised housing and education,good security good enviroment and the racial harmy in singapore.Due to this,many foreighers will think of starting a family in this enviroment.As they stay hre for a long period of time,they would pick up local culture and behaviour which would allow them to consider to be a permenat resident of singapore.Thus,is the n effective way in increasing population growth as it guarantee some bit of increase in population.
However,providing families with speacial benefits is also a method increacing population.Providing families with speacial benefits like a 3 month muternity leave and 5 day work week would allow families to think of having babies.this is because families would be able to have time to take care of thier new born baby and be able to spent time with them.Thus,providing families with speacial benefits is also a method increacing population.
Forthermore,providing families with fananical assist is also a method to increasing population.Providing families with finanical assist like baby bonuses would allow families with financail needs to have babies.This is because families do not have to worry over having not enought money to raise the baby.
Out of all this methods,attracting foriegners to Singapore is an effective way in increasing population growth in terms of it being the method which gurantee results.
This is the corrrect one.
I agree to a large extend that attracting foriegners to Singapore is an effective way in increasing population growth in terms of it being the method which gurantee results.
Attracting foriegners to Singapore is an effective way in increasing population growth.Foreighers would be attracted to singapore due to subsidised housing and education,good security good enviroment and the racial harmy in singapore.Due to this,many foreighers will think of starting a family in this enviroment.As they stay hre for a long period of time,they would pick up local culture and behaviour which would allow them to consider to be a permenat resident of singapore.Thus,is the n effective way in increasing population growth as it guarantee some bit of increase in population.
However,providing families with speacial benefits is also a method increacing population.Providing families with speacial benefits like a 3 month muternity leave and 5 day work week would allow families to think of having babies.this is because families would be able to have time to take care of thier new born baby and be able to spent time with them.Thus,providing families with speacial benefits is also a method increacing population.
Forthermore,providing families with fananical assist is also a method to increasing population.Providing families with finanical assist like baby bonuses would allow families with financail needs to have babies.This is because families do not have to worry over having not enought money to raise the baby.
Out of all this methods,attracting foriegners to Singapore is the most effective way in increasing population growth in terms of it being the method which gurantee results as not many families would be willing to have babies even if they are given the money needed to raise one and given they time to take needed to spend enought time with them.
Since it is known that attracting foreigners to Singapore is the most effective measure, hence I agree with this statement to a large extent.
Attracting foreigners to Singapore is the most effective measure in ensuring population growth. For example, the government can choose to implement subsidized housing & education, the offering of better jobs and to liberalize the immigration laws to allow foreigners to become PRS (Permanent Residents) so as to attract more of foreigners coming to Singapore. On the other hand, Singapore is known for low crime rates, political stability and low rates of natural disasters. This ensures high level of safety in Singapore. Singapore also possesses the racial harmony spirit whereby Singaporeans accept people of different races & religion and stay together in peace & harmony. Moreover, Singapore is also known to have a clean & green environment, excellent infrastructure and a stable transport system. Due to such appealing factors, foreigners will like the living environment and will think of raising their families in such an environment. In the long term, some may marry Singaporeans and have children. With families’ ties, they will feel Singaporean and soon to come, they will pick up the local culture & behavioral traits. This makes them decided to take up citizenship. Hence, it contributes to the population growth.
Giving financial incentives is also an effective measure in ensuring population growth. For example, the government introduced measures, one of it being termed as Medisave subsidies the delivery & medical needs of a child. On the other hand, baby bonus is issued upon the delivery of a baby, so as to encourage more ladies to give birth. Furthermore, the government also provides income tax reliefs of $3000 or more. This will contribute to the population growth as couples will be encouraged to give birth to achieve such ‘attractive ‘incentives which will aid in their burden of finances in the future. Having such skims will lessen the burden of working overtime to pay for the expenses of a child, which will be very costly. Hence, couples will be interested in having such benefits so that they will not have a tough time to care for a baby. Therefore, contributing to the population growth.
Giving benefits that are pro-family is also an effective measure in ensuring population growth. For example, the maternity leaves for mothers are extended from eight to twelve weeks. Such measure is implemented as it is aimed at providing better means for childcare. Couples will not hesitate in wanting to have more babies since their baby are well taken care of throughout the extended maternity leave. Mothers will also gained better rest and recuperate in time. They will also be able to spend more time with their baby, creating further family bonds. Hence, it encourages more couples to have more babies. Therefore, giving benefits that are pro-family is effective in ensuring population growth.
In conclusion, the most effective method in ensuring population growth is the method that can lead to a permanent increase in Singapore’s population. Attracting foreigners to Singapore will be able to directly aid in increasing Singapore’s population as to Singapore’s outstanding living conditions. By such outstanding conditions, the foreigners will like the living environment and will consider raising their families in such an environment. In due of families’ ties, they will pick up the local culture and behavioral traits, which makes them decided to take up citizenship. Hence, the method that can contribute in population growth permanently would be attracting foreigners to Singapore.
Done By: Rebecca Lim (15)
Since it is known that attracting foreigners to Singapore is the most effective measure, hence I agree with this statement to a large extent.
Attracting foreigners to Singapore is the most effective measure in ensuring population growth. For example, the government can choose to implement subsidized housing & education, the offering of better jobs and to liberalize the immigration laws to allow foreigners to become PRS (Permanent Residents) so as to attract more of foreigners coming to Singapore. On the other hand, Singapore is known for low crime rates, political stability and low rates of natural disasters. This ensures high level of safety in Singapore. Singapore also possesses the racial harmony spirit whereby Singaporeans accept people of different races & religion and stay together in peace & harmony. Moreover, Singapore is also known to have a clean & green environment, excellent infrastructure and a stable transport system. Due to such appealing factors, foreigners will like the living environment and will think of raising their families in such an environment. In the long term, some may marry Singaporeans and have children. With families’ ties, they will feel Singaporean and soon to come, they will pick up the local culture & behavioral traits. This makes them decided to take up citizenship. Hence, it contributes to the population growth.
Giving financial incentives is also an effective measure in ensuring population growth. For example, the government introduced measures, one of it being termed as Medisave subsidies the delivery & medical needs of a child. On the other hand, baby bonus is issued upon the delivery of a baby, so as to encourage more ladies to give birth. Furthermore, the government also provides income tax reliefs of $3000 or more. This will contribute to the population growth as couples will be encouraged to give birth to achieve such ‘attractive ‘incentives which will aid in their burden of finances in the future. Having such skims will lessen the burden of working overtime to pay for the expenses of a child, which will be very costly. Hence, couples will be interested in having such benefits so that they will not have a tough time to care for a baby. Therefore, contributing to the population growth.
Giving benefits that are pro-family is also an effective measure in ensuring population growth. For example, the maternity leaves for mothers are extended from eight to twelve weeks. Such measure is implemented as it is aimed at providing better means for childcare. Couples will not hesitate in wanting to have more babies since their baby are well taken care of throughout the extended maternity leave. Mothers will also gained better rest and recuperate in time. They will also be able to spend more time with their baby, creating further family bonds. Hence, it encourages more couples to have more babies. Therefore, giving benefits that are pro-family is effective in ensuring population growth.
In conclusion, the most effective method in ensuring population growth is the method that can lead to a permanent increase in Singapore’s population. Attracting foreigners to Singapore will be able to directly aid in increasing Singapore’s population as to Singapore’s outstanding living conditions. By such outstanding conditions, the foreigners will like the living environment and will consider raising their families in such an environment. In due of families’ ties, they will pick up the local culture and behavioral traits, which makes them decided to take up citizenship. Hence, the method that can contribute in population growth permanently would be attracting foreigners to Singapore.
Done By: Rebecca Lim (15)
-PART ONE-
I agree to this statement to a large extent. With subsidised housing and education and liberalised immigration laws to allow foreigners to become perament citizens more easily, more foreigners are easily attracted to come to Singapore to take up jobs here. Singapore is well-known for a safe and multi-racial country. There are political stability and no natural disasters here. Foreigners do not have to worry about their living environment. Also, Singapore have different people of different religions and races which includes the Chinese, Malays, Eurasians, Indians. This assure the foreigners that they will be accepted to live in harmony with other people in Singapore. Singapore is a clean and green city, where it is pollution-free and has excellent infrastructure like MRT trains and buses. With all these good impressions of Singapore, some foreigners will like the living environment and will think of raising their families in this environment. Some may marry Singaporeans and have children who will automatically become Singaporeans. With family ties, they will grow roots here and feel Singaporean. As time goes by, foreigners living in Singapore will naturally pickup local culture and behaviourial traits. This makes them want to take up citizenship and it increases Singapore’s population pernamently. Thus, attracting foreigners to Singapore is the most effective measure in ensuring population growth.
-PART TWO-
Another factor used to ensure Singapore growth is the pro-family policies. This includes extending the maternity leave and giving 5 day work week. When a working woman becomes pregnant, she is entitled to 12 weeks of maternity leave and will still be paid by her employer for the first 8 weeks of maternity leave. The last four weeks of maternity leave can be taken flexibly over a 12-month period from the child’s birth. With this policy, the pregnant woman can be rest assured that her child will be taken care of and then they will go back to work peacefully after the maternity leave. Without this policy, woman are afraid to have babies as they are inconvenient to move around when they are pregnant and their work efficiency decreased. This affects the company greatly and the employer have a high possibility of dismissing them. With this policy, the pregnant woman can rest at home and do not have to worry about losting their jobs. This allows them to want to have more children and increases Singapore’s population gradually. For the 5-day work week, it allows woman to work only during weekdays after they have given birth. This enables them to spend their weekends with their families and enjoy together which increases their family bond. It ensures them that both the parents have given love and concern to their children so that the children have the company of both the parents. Thus, more woman are willing to give birth to more children and it increases Singapore’s population.
-PART 3 AND 4-
Furthermore, giving financial incentives is also another factor that helps to increase Singapore’s population. One such example is giving baby bonus. Baby bonus are giving to families when they have a newborn child. The amount of baby bonus depends on the number of children in the family. In Singapore which has fast advancing technology, money has been pretty much an issue for many people to start a family. People are afraid to start a family as they need financial aids in order to not let their children suffer. With the baby bonus, they do not have to worry much about not having enough money to support a child and start a family. Families need the money to afford basic neccessities such as milk powder and diapers and to make sure the child can have education in Singapore. Thus, more woman are willing to give birth to children as they can afford to raise them up well with the help of financial incentives given to them and hence, it increases Singapore’s population.
To me, the definition of effective measure is the method that can increase the population most quickly. All of the factors mentioned above can somehow lead to an increase in Singapore’s population, but the most effective measure depends on the rate of increasing Singapore’s population, which is attracting foreigners. Giving financial incentives and extending maternity leave can lead to an increase in Singapore’s population, but it needs 9 months for a baby to be borned to increase the Singapore’s population. For attracting foreigners, all it takes is to welcome them here to take up jobs and make them want to become pernament citizens. When most of them are attracted here and are all pernament citizens starting a family in Singapore, there will be a great increase in Singapore’s population. Thus, I agree to the statement to a large extent that the most effective measure to increase Singapore’s population is attracting foreigners.
I agree to a large extent that attracting foreigners to Singapore is the most effective measure in ensuring population growth. I say so because attracting foreign talent can increase the population most quickly.
Attracting foreign talent is a way to increase population in Singapore. Singapore faces great competition from other countries, and especially as a small nation, Singapore does not posses many natural resources, and it is not possible to produce all the required professionals locally. Thus, one of the solutions to overcome this problem is by attracting foreign talents. Not only will foreign talents be able to increase the population in Singapore, foreign talent can also help to create more jobs and increase productivity. One of the ways to attract foreign talents to Singapore is to liberate Singapore’s immigration policy. Easier entry into Singapore, subsidized housing and attractive education packages for children can be offered to foreign talents who are willing to work in Singapore. By making it easier for foreigners to live and work in Singapore, more and more foreigners would come to Singapore, and some of these individuals may develop a sense of belonging to the nation and take up permanent residence or citizenship, and thus, the population will increase.
Another way to increase population in Singapore is through pro-family measures. Among the public feedback given by the population, most have complained about the high cost of raising children and the lack of suitable childcare arrangements. In order to solve these problems, pro-family measures can be given, such as 5-day work week for the Civil Service and extended maternity leave. Some of the parents working with the civil service have complained about the lack of ‘free’ time. They are worried if they have children, they won’t have enough time to take care of their children. This 5-day work week allows people to work only 5 days a week, whereas the other 2 days are given for family time. The extended maternity leave is also implemented to give more time for the mothers to take care of their baby. From an eight week maternity leave to twelve weeks maternity leave. Both of these schemes have been implemented in order to allow more time for the parents to take care of their children, hoping that they will have a larger interest to have children, and thus, the population will increase.
The Graduate Mothers Scheme is another way to increase population in Singapore. In the 1980s, Lee Kuan Yew observed that parents who were university graduates were more likely to have children who performed better in schools. Therefore, female graduates should have more children so that there would be a higher chance of the new generation workforce being more educated. In 1984, the Graduate Mothers Scheme was introduced to encourage marriages among graduates and to encourage graduates to have more children. If more graduated females have children, there is a high chance that Singapore’s new generation will be more educated and prepared to lead Singapore, and thus the population will increase.
Among the three factors I have explained, attracting foreign talents to Singapore is the most effective way to increase population in Singapore. Although pro-family measures and Graduate Mothers Scheme is an interesting way to increase population in Singapore, these measures do not guarantee a quick increase in the population of Singapore. On the other hand, attracting foreign talent guarantees a quick increase in the population of Singapore. Raising a child will need a lot of years, but attracting foreign talent will not need even a year. So, in conclusion, attracting foreign talent to Singapore is the most effective way in increasing population in Singapore.
I agree to a large extent that attracting foreigners to Singapore is the most effective measure in ensuring population growth. I say so because attracting foreign talent can increase the population most quickly.
Attracting foreign talent is a way to increase population in Singapore. Singapore faces great competition from other countries, and especially as a small nation, Singapore does not posses many natural resources, and it is not possible to produce all the required professionals locally. Thus, one of the solutions to overcome this problem is by attracting foreign talents. Not only will foreign talents be able to increase the population in Singapore, foreign talent can also help to create more jobs and increase productivity. One of the ways to attract foreign talents to Singapore is to liberate Singapore’s immigration policy. Easier entry into Singapore, subsidized housing and attractive education packages for children can be offered to foreign talents who are willing to work in Singapore. By making it easier for foreigners to live and work in Singapore, more and more foreigners would come to Singapore, and some of these individuals may develop a sense of belonging to the nation and take up permanent residence or citizenship, and thus, the population will increase.
Another way to increase population in Singapore is through pro-family measures. Among the public feedback given by the population, most have complained about the high cost of raising children and the lack of suitable childcare arrangements. In order to solve these problems, pro-family measures can be given, such as 5-day work week for the Civil Service and extended maternity leave. Some of the parents working with the civil service have complained about the lack of ‘free’ time. They are worried if they have children, they won’t have enough time to take care of their children. This 5-day work week allows people to work only 5 days a week, whereas the other 2 days are given for family time. The extended maternity leave is also implemented to give more time for the mothers to take care of their baby. From an eight week maternity leave to twelve weeks maternity leave. Both of these schemes have been implemented in order to allow more time for the parents to take care of their children, hoping that they will have a larger interest to have children, and thus, the population will increase.
The Graduate Mothers Scheme is another way to increase population in Singapore. In the 1980s, Lee Kuan Yew observed that parents who were university graduates were more likely to have children who performed better in schools. Therefore, female graduates should have more children so that there would be a higher chance of the new generation workforce being more educated. In 1984, the Graduate Mothers Scheme was introduced to encourage marriages among graduates and to encourage graduates to have more children. If more graduated females have children, there is a high chance that Singapore’s new generation will be more educated and prepared to lead Singapore, and thus the population will increase.
Among the three factors I have explained, attracting foreign talents to Singapore is the most effective way to increase population in Singapore. Although pro-family measures and Graduate Mothers Scheme is an interesting way to increase population in Singapore, these measures do not guarantee a quick increase in the population of Singapore. On the other hand, attracting foreign talent guarantees a quick increase in the population of Singapore. Raising a child will need a lot of years, but attracting foreign talent will not need even a year. So, in conclusion, attracting foreign talent to Singapore is the most effective way in increasing population in Singapore.
By: Indira Pranabudi (41)
I agree to a large extent that attracting foreigners to Singapore is the most effective measure in ensuring population growth. I say so because attracting foreign talent can increase the population most quickly.
Attracting foreign talent is a way to increase population in Singapore. Singapore faces great competition from other countries, and especially as a small nation, Singapore does not posses many natural resources, and it is not possible to produce all the required professionals locally. Thus, one of the solutions to overcome this problem is by attracting foreign talents. Not only will foreign talents be able to increase the population in Singapore, foreign talent can also help to create more jobs and increase productivity. One of the ways to attract foreign talents to Singapore is to liberate Singapore’s immigration policy. Easier entry into Singapore, subsidized housing and attractive education packages for children can be offered to foreign talents who are willing to work in Singapore. By making it easier for foreigners to live and work in Singapore, more and more foreigners would come to Singapore, and some of these individuals may develop a sense of belonging to the nation and take up permanent residence or citizenship, and thus, the population will increase.
By: Indira Pranabudi
(Part 1)
Another way to increase population in Singapore is through pro-family measures. Among the public feedback given by the population, most have complained about the high cost of raising children and the lack of suitable childcare arrangements. In order to solve these problems, pro-family measures can be given, such as 5-day work week for the Civil Service and extended maternity leave. Some of the parents working with the civil service have complained about the lack of ‘free’ time. They are worried if they have children, they won’t have enough time to take care of their children. This 5-day work week allows people to work only 5 days a week, whereas the other 2 days are given for family time. The extended maternity leave is also implemented to give more time for the mothers to take care of their baby. From an eight week maternity leave to twelve weeks maternity leave. Both of these schemes have been implemented in order to allow more time for the parents to take care of their children, hoping that they will have a larger interest to have children, and thus, the population will increase.
By: Indira Praabudi
(Part 2)
The Graduate Mothers Scheme is another way to increase population in Singapore. In the 1980s, Lee Kuan Yew observed that parents who were university graduates were more likely to have children who performed better in schools. Therefore, female graduates should have more children so that there would be a higher chance of the new generation workforce being more educated. In 1984, the Graduate Mothers Scheme was introduced to encourage marriages among graduates and to encourage graduates to have more children. If more graduated females have children, there is a high chance that Singapore’s new generation will be more educated and prepared to lead Singapore, and thus the population will increase.
Among the three factors I have explained, attracting foreign talents to Singapore is the most effective way to increase population in Singapore. Although pro-family measures and Graduate Mothers Scheme is an interesting way to increase population in Singapore, these measures do not guarantee a quick increase in the population of Singapore. On the other hand, attracting foreign talent guarantees a quick increase in the population of Singapore. Raising a child will need a lot of years, but attracting foreign talent will not need even a year. So, in conclusion, attracting foreign talent to Singapore is the most effective way in increasing population in Singapore.
By: Indira Pranabudi
(Part 3)
I agree to a large extent that the most effective measure in ensuring population growth is by attracting foreigners to Singapore. There are other measures that ensure population growth in Singapore but I believe that the most effective measure in ensuring population growth is still by attracting foreigners to Singapore. Let me explain further.
Attracting foreigners is the best way to increase the population in Singapore. We attract the foreigners by subsidizing on housing and education .We welcome foreigners to take up jobs here in Singapore and liberalize our immigration laws to allow them to become PRs more easily. Singapore is safe from crime, natural disasters and the political is stable. We also accept of people of different race and religions, hence living in peace and harmony. Our country has a clean and green environment, which means that we are pollution free, thus some foreigners will like the living environment. Foreigners will think of raising their families in this environment. Some may marry Singaporeans and have children who will be automatically Singaporeans. With families ties and grow roots and feel Singaporean, they pick up local culture and behavioural traits ,this makes them decide to take up citizenship. Hence it is the best way to increase the population in Singapore.
Financial Incentives is the best way to increase the population in Singapore. It can encourage the poorer family to have a baby by giving them money. Tax Relief is one of the examples. Taxpayers can claim an income tax deduction for taking care of elderly parents, grandparents or great parents, contributing to their own or their elderly dependents’ CPF retirement accounts, and grandparents taking care of grandchild or children while both parents work. This can ensure that both parents can work with a peace of mind knowing that their children are in good hands. This can also encourage those family who are poor but want to have a baby to have an opportunity to have a baby by reducing their burden to raise their child. Hence it is the best way to increase the population in Singapore.
Giving benefits to the pro-family also help to increase the population in Singapore. The five day work week for the Civil Service allow for better work-life balance. This can ensure that the parents can have chance to get close to their family and enjoying their time together. It also make good business sense by creating a more committed and productive workforce, and fostering a caring employer or employee relationship. The maternity leave has been extended from eight weeks to 12 weeks as the mother need the additional one month to rest and take care of the baby. This encourages Singaporeans to have more babies. Hence it is the best way to increase the population in Singapore.
In conclusion, the most effective measure in ensuring population growth is by attracting foreigners to Singapore, and it is guaranteed to help to increase the population. It speeds up the population growth quickly and is also permanent, thus it is the best measure to increase the population growth in Singapore. However , the Financial Incentives and Giving benefits to the pro-family also help to increase the population in Singapore. But for some of the family, money is not a problem to them yet they do not wish to have a baby. As for the five-day work week, some of the families think that it is too much for them as the amount of work remains the same, except that they have to cram it in five days. This means that they have to bring work home at night and during weekends. Although they may have some time with their children over the weekends, they do not have enough time to sleep. Hence, some of the families do not want to have a baby as it is too tiring for them.
Vivien Oon(20)
3E2
I agree to a small extent that attracting foreigners is the most effective measure as others factors such as pro-family benefits and financial incentives. The most effective measure to me, would depend on the method that will provide permanent increase in population.
Attracting foreigners is a measure that can be used to attract foreigners. The government uses subsidised housing and education and also liberalised their immigration laws to allow foreigners to become PR in order to attract them to stay in Singapore. The safety and clean and green environment that Singapore offers will make them consider staying in Singapore permanently but that might not necessarily be the case all the time. Some foreigners might just stay here for a short while and then, return to their respective countries.Singapore would have lost a valuable worker and the time taken to train him that could have been used for someone else that wanted to be a Singapore citizen. Therefore, attracting foreigners is not the most effective method.
Financial benefits is another method that may be used. With financial incentives, more adults will be more willing to start a family as they can now afford talking care of children.As more Singaporeans are being conceived,they will tend to have the likelihood to stay in Singapore for their entire lives and therefore provide a permanent increase in Singapore's population.
Lastly, pro-family benefits can also be used.As more women are now educated, they would feel that it is no longer a necessity to have children. IN addition, they would feel that they also do not have sufficient time to look after their children which is why the government inplemented an increase in amaternity leave as well as a 5-day work week in order for mothers to take care of their children. with this policies, more women will want to have children and this will ultimately lead to a permanent increase in population.
I agree to a large extent that attracting foreigners to Singapore helps ensure a population growth in Singapore.
When foreigners come to Singapore, they have subsidized housing and education. The government also welcome foreigners to take up jobs. This is done so by liberalizing our immigration laws that will allow foreigners to become permanent residents for easily. The foreigners are attracted by Singapore's safety, the clean and green environment, the excellent infrastructure and racial harmony. Singapore is a low crime rate, no natural disasters and is politically stable. Singapore has a very clean environment which means that we are pollution free. We also have an excellent transport system where it is easy to travel from place to place. The government promotes racial harmony in Singapore. We accept people of different races and/or religion. Hence, foreigners will think of raising their family in this safe and clean environment. They might marry Singaporeans and they children are automatically Singaporeans too. These children will grow roots and feel Singaporean. They will pick up local culture and behavioural traits and thus decides to take up citizenship. Therefore, ensuring an increase in Singapore's population.
The other measure is the pro-family policies. This includes equalised medical benefits where both parents can get medical claims from their employers. Maternity leave was also extended from 8 weeks to 12 weeks so that Mothers can take better care of their new-borns. Pro-family policies also include an income tax relief of $3000 which is given to couples if their children’s grandparents help to take care of their children. A 5-day work week was introduced for the civil service to allow a balanced work life. These measures were taken to help increase the birth rate as some couples find it hard to have children and work at the same time. It will encourage couples to have more children as these measures reduce the cost for raising a child and provides better means for childcare. Thus, parents will hopefully have more babies and will boost Singapore’s population. Therefore, pro-family policies will help to increase Singapore’s population.
The last measure is financial incentives where money is given to couples who had given birth. This will encourage couples to have more babies as they feel supported and have enough money to take care of their children. They will not have to worry about the large sums of money they have to pay in order to take care of the baby. Hence, financial incentives will help ensure a growth in Singapore’s population.
In conclusion, the most effective measure in ensuring population growth is the measure that leads to a permanent increase in the population. Attracting foreigners to Singapore will promise a permanent increase as the foreigners will grow into the Singapore culture and behavioural traits. They will want to stay in Singapore permanently. However, the other two measures do not ensure that the increase is permanent. When the babies grow up, they might want to migrate overseas and produce families over there. Hence, the measure that will promise the permanent increase in Singapore’s population is attracting foreigners.
"The most effective measure in ensuring population growth is by attracting foreign talent to Singapore." How far do you agree? Explain your answer.
I agree to a certain extent. Attracting foreign talent to Singapore is an effective measure in ensuring population growth. In 1989,the government relaxed its immigration policy to attract foreign talent with skills that Singapore required. Easier entry into Singapore,subsidised housing and an attractive education package for children were offered to foreign talent who were willing to work in Singapore. By making it easier for them to work and live in Singapore,the government hoped that some of them would develop an attachment to the nation and take up permanent residence or citizenship. This meant that while Singapore waits for its pro-family measures to show some positive results,there is a need to enhance its competitiveness by bringing in foreign talents. Also,with the inflow of foreigners,Singapore's society has become more cospolitan. Therefore,attracting foreign talent to Singapore is an effective measure in ensuring population growth.
However,the Graduate Mothers scheme is also an effective measure in ensuring population growth. In 1984,the Graduate Mothers scheme was introduced to encourage marriages among graduates and to encourage graduates to have more children. Based on research,it was felt that the education level of the parents had a direct impact on the performance of their children in schools. The research showed that parents who were university graduates were more likely to have children who performed better in schools. This meant that if more parents who were university graduates had more children,there would be a higher chance of the new generation workforce being more educated. Therefore,the Graduate Mothers scheme is an effective measure in ensuring population growth.
The 'Three or More If You Can Afford It' policy is also an effective measure in ensuring population growth. The 'Three or More If You Can Afford It' policy aimed at bringing Singapore's population growth back to the replacement level of 2.1 children per woman. Instead of discouraging large families, parents were encouraged to have three children or more if they could afford it. The government also adopted a cautious approach and wanted Singaporeans to have more children only if they could afford it. To help relieve the financial burden of having children, the government introduced measures such as allowing the use of Medisave to pay for the delivery charges of the first three children. This meant that most likely the families with better incomes would have more children and Singaporeans would not face too many problems of having children since there were such measures taken. Therefore,the 'Three or More If You Can Afford It' policy is also an effective measure in ensuring population growth.
Out of the three factors,I think that attracting foreign talent to Singapore is the most effective measure in ensuring population growth. For the Graduate Mothers scheme,parents who were university graduates would need more incentives than parents who were university graduates. For the 'Three or More If You Can Afford It' policy, Medisave accounts of a majority of Singaporeans could easily be used up by just one or two hospitalisations. But for attracting foreign talent to Singapore,the foreigners would think of raising their families in Singapore and some may marry Singaporeans and have children. So,I think that attracting foreign talent to Singapore is the most effective measure in ensuring population growth.
I agree to a small extent that the most effective measure in ensuring population growth is attracting foreign talent as there are other measures like the pro family measures and 'the three or more if you can afford it idea'.
Firstly,attracting foriegn talent was indeed one of the measure in ensuring population growth.This meant that while Singapore waits for the pro-family measures to show some postive results,there was also a need to enhance its competiveness by bringing talents from other countries. This is supported by in 1989,the government relaxed its immigration policy to attract foreign talent with skills that Singapore required. Easier entry into Singapore, subsidised housing and an attractive education package for children were offered to foreign talent who were willing to work for Singapore. This shows that with the inflow of foreigners, Singapore's population will increase if they become permanent residence and these foreigners form both east and west have enriched Singapore's culture and will have a sense of belonging here and increase Singapore's productivity and might even become or take up citizenship here. Therefore boosting Singapore's population.
Secondly,the 'three or more if you can afford it' idea was another measure in ensuring population growth.. This meant that government aimed at bringing Singapore population growth back to replacement level,parents were encouraged to have three or more babies if they could afford it. This is supported by,minister Goh saying that 'We have decided on our new population policy,'have three or more if you can afford it.' This should check our declining birth rates. We must succeed here. Otherwise,all of us will face a gloomy future when we grow old. There will be too many old people to support and too few youndd people to support them'. Therefore, this shows that by implanting this scheme,people will understand why they need to have more babies to help Singapore's growth in turn boosting the population in Singapore as they know that if they do not do it now there will be a tough future ahead without enough people in Singapore.
Lastly, pro family measures was another measure in ensuring population growth. It meant that other measures to support the high cost raising a child and the lack of suitable childcare arrangments. This is supported by Mr Lee Hsien long announcing a package of new marriage andd parenthood measures in the national day rally speech in 2004 about the extended maternal lift from eight to twelve weeks when the baby is born and the 5-day work week for civil servants to allow better work life balance and more. This shows that after implanting this measures to encourage more babies in Singapore,more women and couples would want to get babies to enjoy the privileges that the government will be providing onlu if they have a baby. Hence,encouraging Singaporeans to have more babies,boosting Singapore's population.
I agree to a small extent that the most effective measure in ensuring population growth is attracting foreign talent as there are other measures like the pro family measures and 'the three or more if you can afford it idea'.
Firstly,attracting foriegn talent was indeed one of the measure in ensuring population growth.This meant that while Singapore waits for the pro-family measures to show some postive results,there was also a need to enhance its competiveness by bringing talents from other countries. This is supported by in 1989,the government relaxed its immigration policy to attract foreign talent with skills that Singapore required. Easier entry into Singapore, subsidised housing and an attractive education package for children were offered to foreign talent who were willing to work for Singapore. This shows that with the inflow of foreigners, Singapore's population will increase if they become permanent residence and these foreigners form both east and west have enriched Singapore's culture and will have a sense of belonging here and increase Singapore's productivity and might even become or take up citizenship here. Therefore boosting Singapore's population.
Secondly,the 'three or more if you can afford it' idea was another measure in ensuring population growth.. This meant that government aimed at bringing Singapore population growth back to replacement level,parents were encouraged to have three or more babies if they could afford it. This is supported by,minister Goh saying that 'We have decided on our new population policy,'have three or more if you can afford it.' This should check our declining birth rates. We must succeed here. Otherwise,all of us will face a gloomy future when we grow old. There will be too many old people to support and too few youndd people to support them'. Therefore, this shows that by implanting this scheme,people will understand why they need to have more babies to help Singapore's growth in turn boosting the population in Singapore as they know that if they do not do it now there will be a tough future ahead without enough people in Singapore.
Lastly, pro family measures was another measure in ensuring population growth. It meant that other measures to support the high cost raising a child and the lack of suitable childcare arrangments. This is supported by Mr Lee Hsien long announcing a package of new marriage andd parenthood measures in the national day rally speech in 2004 about the extended maternal lift from eight to twelve weeks when the baby is born and the 5-day work week for civil servants to allow better work life balance and more. This shows that after implanting this measures to encourage more babies in Singapore,more women and couples would want to get babies to enjoy the privileges that the government will be providing onlu if they have a baby. Hence,encouraging Singaporeans to have more babies,boosting Singapore's population.
I agree to an extent. One of the ways to increase our country's population is by attracting foreigners. Our country is safe, with low crimes, no natural disasters and is political stable. We have racial harmony and we accept people of different races and religion. Also, our environment is clean and green with pollution free and also excellent infrastructure . Some of the foreigners will like the living environment and therefore will think of raising their families in this here. They may also marry Singaporeans and have children which automatically make them Singaporeans. with family ties here, they grow roots and feels Singaporean, they pick up culture and behavioral traits then makes them decide to take up citizenship. This will then increase Singapore's population.
Another way is to give financial incentives. Financial incentives are given when a couple gave birth to a child. This incentives is one way government try to help and encourage more couples to have babies. By giving them financial incentives, couples do not need to worry so much about the large amount of money needed. This way, couples will be more willing to have a child, which increase our country's population.
Also, by having pro-family policy is a way to increase the population. Often, couples refuse to have babies because they feel having a child may affect their career. So the government came up with policy such as the maternity leave and 5 day work week. With this kind of policy, couples will not worry too much about having to cope with family and career.
This encourages couples to have more babies, which increases country's population.
In my opinion, i think attracting foreigners to Singapore, is the most effective method to increase our population. Some people may still refuse to have babies for some reasons even though the government have introduce many policy. Therefore by attracting foreigners, it can increase our population very quickly and effectively.
I agree to a large extent that the most effective measure in ensuring population growth is by attracting foreigners to Singapore. However, there were other policies like the three-child policy and the pro-family measure scheme.
Attracting foreign talents is one of th most effective measures in ensuring population growth in Singapore. Attracting foreign talent helps to promote population growth as when foreigners begin to work and live here, they develop an attachment and may take up permanent residence or citizenship. This policy had worked because the government has relaxed its immigration policy since 1989. Foreign talent with skills and knowledge are granted easier entry with subsidized housing and an attractive education package for their children. Singapore’s economic progress has also attracted more foreign talents to make Singapore their home.
Three-child policy is also one of th most effective measures in ensuring population growth in Singapore. The three-child policy was introduced in 1987 after a slow population growth due to th success of th two-child policy. Parents were encouraged to have three or more children if they can afford it. To help relieve the financial burden of having children, th government introduced incentives and measurers such as allowing Medisave to pay for delivery charges. However, th only year when there was a significant increase in th birth rate was in 1988, th year of th dragon. Since then, the fertility rate has dropped to 1.24 in 2004.
Th pro-family measure scheme is also one of th most effective measures in ensuring population growth in Singapore. Th pro-family measure scheme was offered in 2004 with regard to marriage and parenthood. People have delayed their marriages and parenthood, thus leading to a drastic fall in th birth rate. So, many measurers were introduced to help couples decide to marry early and become parents. Eg 5-day work week, extended maternity leave, grandparent caregiver relief, equalised medical benefits. As with th three-child policy, success is still not registered as people were not very receptive to these measures. They have become too pragmatic with having small family.
Attracting foreign talent has produced better results than th other two policies aimed at th locals as foreign talent has been th fastest way to promote population growth whereas th other two policies will take a longer time to bear results.
Foreign talents took to th policy easier than th local parents as they look forward to a better life in Singapore due to th incentives given to them. Th local parents’ mindsets were on economics rather than social reasons. Th costs of bringing up children, the high medical and housing costs have led to th limited success of these policies despite all th publicity campaigns.
PART 1
I agree with this statement to a large extent that by attracting foreigners to Singapore is the most effective measure in ensuring population growth. Other than this measure, there are other measures too, such as the grandparent caregiver relief and the 5-day work week for the Civil Service.
In year 1989, the government relaxed its immigration policy to attract foreign talents with skills that Singapore required, in other words, they liberalize our immigration laws to allow foreigners to become PRs (Permanent Residents) more easily. They also welcome foreigners to take up jobs here in Singapore. Subsidized housing and an attractive education package for children were also offered to foreigners who were willing to work in Singapore. The government hoped that by making it easier for foreigners to work and live in Singapore, some of these individuals would develop an attachment to the nation and take up permanent residence or citizenship. Furthermore, some foreigners may like the living environment in Singapore as we have racial harmony, low crime rates, a clean and green environment and etc. Having racial harmony also means that we are able to accept people of different races or religions. After settling themselves down in Singapore, foreigners may think of raising their families in this environment. Some may even marry Singaporeans and have children. Their children will eventually become Singaporeans. With family ties, as well as the growth of roots, they will feel like a Singaporean. They will then eventually pick up local culture and behavioral traits. Hence, this makes them to decide to take up the Singapore citizenship. Thus, this helps to increase population growth.
I agree to a certain extent that the most effective measure in ensuring population growth is by attracting foreigners to Singapore as there were other policies like the three-child policy and the pro-family measure scheme.
Attracting foreign talent is effective in increasing population growth as when foreigners begin to come by to work and to live here. Time after, they may develop an attachment and may wish to register for permanent residence or citizenship. This policy is effective because the government has relaxed its immigration policy since 1989. Foreign talent with skills and knowledge are given easier entry with subsidised housing and an attractive education package for their children. Singapore’s economic progress has also attracted more foreign talents to make Singapore their home. By doing so , more foreign talents will want to come to Singapore . This way , population will grow time after time and hence , increase in population growth.
The three-child policy was introduced in 1987 after a slow growth in population due to the success of the two-child policy. Parents were encouraged to give birth to three or more children if they are able to. To help relieve the financial burden of having children, the government introduced incentives and measures such as allowing the Medisave to pay for the delivery fees. However, the only time when the increase in birth rate shoot up the most was in 1988, the year of dragon. Since then, the fertility rate has dropped to 1.2 till 2004 . There fore , by introducing new policies and providing incentives, measures will encourage couples to give birth to more children . Hence , there will be an increase in the population growth .
The pro-family measure scheme was offered in 2004 with regards to marriage and parenthood. People have dragged their marriages and parenthood, therefore leading to a big drop in the birth rate. Many measurers were then introduced to help couples marry early and become parents. For instance , the 5-day work week, extended maternity leave, grandparent caregiver relief and equalised medical benefits. By having the three-child policy, success is still not registered as people were not very receptive to these measures. Albeit the success rate is not that high , it still manages to pull up quite a number of growth in population . Therefore , by having this scheme , it will help increase population over time and hence , increase in population growth.
In my opinion , I feel that by attracting foreign talents would be the most effective in increasing population growth compared to the other 2 policies . The 3child policy and the family measures does help increase population but does not constantly increase it . It only work when couples give birth to children . Whereas the foreign talents entering our country would help increase our population by a large amount , and when these foreigners give birth to children in Singapore , they would also help increase the population by another number . Therefore , by attracting foreign talents will help increase the population rapidly as compared to the other 2 policies.
I agree to a certain extent that the most effective measure in ensuring population growth is by attracting foreigners to Singapore as there were other policies like the three-child policy and the pro-family measure scheme.
Attracting foreign talent is effective in increasing population growth as when foreigners begin to come by to work and to live here. Time after, they may develop an attachment and may wish to register for permanent residence or citizenship. This policy is effective because the government has relaxed its immigration policy since 1989. Foreign talent with skills and knowledge are given easier entry with subsidised housing and an attractive education package for their children. Singapore’s economic progress has also attracted more foreign talents to make Singapore their home. By doing so , more foreign talents will want to come to Singapore . This way , population will grow time after time and hence , increase in population growth.
PART 2
Furthermore, the grandparent caregiver relief is also another measure that helps to increase population growth. Under this measure, an income tax of $3,000 will be given to a family, if only a grandparent is helping the couple to take care of their child. With the introduced of this measure, couples will not worried about there is no one to take care of their child or children when they go off to work or when the maternity leave is over. Instead of worrying, they will go to work with a peaceful mind, knowing that their child or children is or are under the good care by their own parents. Without the stress, they will work happily. Furthermore, this measure also encourages three generations to stay under one roof. This will make the family merrier and as well as they can live happily together with each other, taking care of one another. The couple may want to “add” in one more member to the family if they want a bigger and merrier family. Thus, it helps to increase the population growth.
Moreover, the 5-day work week for the Civil Service is also another measure that helps to increase population growth. With this measure, parents can spent their time with their family on weekends. This will allows them to have more time with their family instead of spending their precious time with the loads of work. For those people who don’t have any children at home will be influence by the family who have children at home that it is good to have children as they can bring you laughter and they will give them the encouragement to work harder as they will think that it is worth it for them to work hard to earn as much money as they can in order to provide the children with a better living condition. Thus, when more people were influenced by this, more people would want to start a family and give birth to more children. Hence, it helps to increase the population growth.
In conclusion, my point of view for the most effective measure is that it can increase the population most quickly and the attracting foreigners measure is the only measure that reach this criteria. As the government can just simply control the population by deciding whether to allow more foreigners to become PRs in that particular year. For example, if the government feel that the population is okay for that particular year, they would tighten our immigration laws and makes foreigners cannot be PRs so easily. From this example, we could see that it is a very efficient measure to increase population growth. However, the other 2 measures can help to increase Singapore population too but it take a longer period of time to see its results. Thus, the most effective measure in ensuring population growth is by attracting foreigners to Singapore.
By: YanTing(14)
Continued ;
The three-child policy was introduced in 1987 after a slow growth in population due to the success of the two-child policy. Parents were encouraged to give birth to three or more children if they are able to. To help relieve the financial burden of having children, the government introduced incentives and measures such as allowing the Medisave to pay for the delivery fees. However, the only time when the increase in birth rate shoot up the most was in 1988, the year of dragon. Since then, the fertility rate has dropped to 1.2 till 2004 . There fore , by introducing new policies and providing incentives, measures will encourage couples to give birth to more children . Hence , there will be an increase in the population growth .
The pro-family measure scheme was offered in 2004 with regards to marriage and parenthood. People have dragged their marriages and parenthood, therefore leading to a big drop in the birth rate. Many measurers were then introduced to help couples marry early and become parents. For instance , the 5-day work week, extended maternity leave, grandparent caregiver relief and equalised medical benefits. By having the three-child policy, success is still not registered as people were not very receptive to these measures. Albeit the success rate is not that high , it still manages to pull up quite a number of growth in population . Therefore , by having this scheme , it will help increase population over time and hence , increase in population growth.
In my opinion , I feel that by attracting foreign talents would be the most effective in increasing population growth compared to the other 2 policies . The 3child policy and the family measures does help increase population but does not constantly increase it . It only work when couples give birth to children . Whereas the foreign talents entering our country would help increase our population by a large amount , and when these foreigners give birth to children in Singapore , they would also help increase the population by another number . Therefore , by attracting foreign talents will help increase the population rapidly as compared to the other 2 policies.
PART 2
Furthermore, the grandparent caregiver relief is also another measure that helps to increase population growth. Under this measure, an income tax of $3,000 will be given to a family, if only a grandparent is helping the couple to take care of their child. With the introduced of this measure, couples will not worried about there is no one to take care of their child or children when they go off to work or when the maternity leave is over. Instead of worrying, they will go to work with a peaceful mind, knowing that their child or children is or are under the good care by their own parents. Without the stress, they will work happily. Furthermore, this measure also encourages three generations to stay under one roof. This will make the family merrier and as well as they can live happily together with each other, taking care of one another. The couple may want to “add” in one more member to the family if they want a bigger and merrier family. Thus, it helps to increase the population growth.
Moreover, the 5-day work week for the Civil Service is also another measure that helps to increase population growth. With this measure, parents can spent their time with their family on weekends. This will allows them to have more time with their family instead of spending their precious time with the loads of work. For those people who don’t have any children at home will be influence by the family who have children at home that it is good to have children as they can bring you laughter and they will give them the encouragement to work harder as they will think that it is worth it for them to work hard to earn as much money as they can in order to provide the children with a better living condition. Thus, when more people were influenced by this, more people would want to start a family and give birth to more children. Hence, it helps to increase the population growth.
In conclusion, my point of view for the most effective measure is that it can increase the population most quickly and the attracting foreigners measure is the only measure that reach this criteria. As the government can just simply control the population by deciding whether to allow more foreigners to become PRs in that particular year. For example, if the government feel that the population is okay for that particular year, they would tighten our immigration laws and makes foreigners cannot be PRs so easily. From this example, we could see that it is a very efficient measure to increase population growth. However, the other 2 measures can help to increase Singapore population too but it take a longer period of time to see its results. Thus, the most effective measure in ensuring population growth is by attracting foreigners to Singapore.
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I that the most effective measure in ensuring population growth is by attracting foreigners to Singapore as there were other policies like the three-child policy and the pro-family measure scheme.
Attracting foreign talent is effective in increasing population growth as when foreigners begin to come by to work and to live here. Time after, they would develope a cultural understanding and start living in singapore and may wish to register for permanent residence or citizenship. This policy is effective because the government has relaxed its immigration policy since 1989. Foreign talent with skills and knowledge are given easier entry with subsidised housing and an attractive education package for their children. Thus,this attracted many foreigners and they would want to live in singapore.Hence the foreigners may think of setting up their family here and marry locals ----> giving birth ------->increase in population
The three-child policy was introduced in 1987 after a slow growth in population due to the success of the two-child policy. Parents were encouraged to give birth to three or more children if they are able to.
To help relieve the financial burden of having children, the government introduced incentives and measures such as allowing the Medisave to pay for the delivery fees. However, the only time when the increase in birth rate shoot up the most was in 1988.
Since then, the fertility rate has dropped to 1.2 till 2004 . There fore , by introducing new policies and providing incentives, measures will encourage couples to give birth to more children as they would be attracted and tempted by their burdens being lessen. Hence , there will be an increase in the population growth as more of them would want to give birth to more children.
The pro-family measure scheme was offered in 2004 with regards to marriage and parenthood. People have dragged their marriages and parenthood, therefore leading to a big drop in the birth rate. Many measurers were then introduced to help couples marry early and become parents.
For instance , the 5-day work week, extended maternity leave, grandparent caregiver relief and equalised medical benefits. By having the three-child policy, success is still not registered as people were not very receptive to these measures. Albeit the success rate is not that high , it still manages to pull up quite a number of growth in population . Therefore , by having this scheme , couples would want to give birth because of the privellages and advantages they would receive.Hence when they give birth,the population will increase.
IN conclusion,attracting foreigners to singapore is an advantage because singapore has a safe and secure country which provides good education to students and high employment rate.Hence,many foreigners would come to singapore to live in and implant their roots.However,the other two methods are not so effective because some families maybe rich and they are not bothered by the incentives and bonuses the goverment provide.Thus,many of the families would not bother and give birth to babies,leading to a decrease of population
I agree to a certain extent that the most effective measure in ensuring population growth is by attracting foreigners to Singapore as there were other policies like the three-child policy and the pro-family measure scheme.
Attracting foreign talent is effective in increasing population growth as when foreigners begin to come by to work and to live here. Time after, they may develop an attachment and may wish to register for permanent residence or citizenship. This policy is effective because the government has relaxed its immigration policy since 1989. Foreign talent with skills and knowledge are given easier entry with subsidised housing and an attractive education package for their children. Singapore’s economic progress has also attracted more foreign talents to make Singapore their home. By doing so , more foreign talents will want to come to Singapore . This way , population will grow time after time and hence , increase in population growth.
The three-child policy was introduced in 1987 after a slow growth in population due to the success of the two-child policy. Parents were encouraged to give birth to three or more children if they are able to.
*To help relieve the financial burden of having children, the government introduced incentives and measures such as allowing the Medisave to pay for the delivery fees. However, the only time when the increase in birth rate shoot up the most was in 1988, the year of dragon.
*Since then, the fertility rate has dropped to 1.2 till 2004 . There fore , by introducing new policies and providing incentives, measures will encourage couples to give birth to more children . Hence , there will be an increase in the population growth .
The pro-family measure scheme was offered in 2004 with regards to marriage and parenthood. People have dragged their marriages and parenthood, therefore leading to a big drop in the birth rate. Many measurers were then introduced to help couples marry early and become parents.
*For instance , the 5-day work week, extended maternity leave, grandparent caregiver relief and equalised medical benefits. By having the three-child policy, success is still not registered as people were not very receptive to these measures. Albeit the success rate is not that high , it still manages to pull up quite a number of growth in population . Therefore , by having this scheme , it will h
* help increase population over time and hence , increase in population growth.
Hence,all methods are equally effective.
i only agree to an extent . As i feel that there are other ways to ensuring popuation growth in Singapore such as the Pro-family policy and the 3 or more if you can afford it scheme.
Firstly,attrating foreiger to Singapore. By attracting them to Singapore the governemnt hopes that they will find a sense of belonging here, and become a pernament resident. therefore increasing Singapores population. This is supported by the government relaxing the immigration policy so that it would be easier for foreigners to enter s'pore and also the subsidsed housing and an attractive educational package for their child. This shows that by placing all these offers for foreigners they will find Singapore liveable and affordable,therefore they will chose to become a pernament residence here as it makes them feel welcomed and they will have a sense of belonging to Singapore. Therefore, ensuringing the population growth in S'pore.
Secondly the pro-family measures. they are being set up so that singaporean woman will be encouraged to give birth to enjoy these prvillages. This is supported by the extended maternity leave where expecting mothers will get a leave from eight to 12 weeks to rest and spend time with her family.Also, the 5 days off for civil servants so that they can have balanced work and life. This shows that by inputing these privillages espcially for pregnant woman . Woman in S'pore would want to be pregnant and have a family to enjoy these special preivillages for them and therefore this will help ensure the population growth in S'pre.
Lastly the 3 or more if you can afford it scheme. this scheme is to bring Singapores population back to the replacement level of 2.1 children per woman.Parents were encouraged to have 3 ore more babies if they could afford it. this is supported by the speech the Mr Goh made saying that We must succeed here, otherwise our future will be gloomy as there are two little young population to support the aging population. This shows that Singpaoreans will be encouraged to have mroe babies as most of us can afford to have them , and we would not want Singpaopre to have too ittle young population as they will not be able to supprt the older generations leading to a bad future as the country will be affected. Hence, singaporeans will want to ahve more babies, ensuring the population groth in S'pore.
In conclusion,i feel that attracting foreigners is an effective method however i also feel that there are other effective methods such as the pro-family measure and the 3 ore more if youn can afford it scheme.
I do not agree with the statement as there other more effective ways to ensure population growth other than attracting foreigners to Singapore.
Firstly, attracting foreigners ensures population growth. In order to be able to attract foreigners to Singapore, our government offered to subsidize housings and education and also relaxed our immigration laws. Singapore also welcomes foreigners to take up jobs in Singapore .hence, having a conducive environment is definitely important. High standard of living is what many foreigners are looking for and since, Singapore has a clean and green environment and is rather safe in terms of political stability and free of natural disasters. So, Families would want to have their family in this environment. Therefore, foreigners would want to be a Singapore resident as it is easy and beneficial to them. Consequently, population would increase and, thus, ensuring population growth permanently.
Secondly, pro family measures were used to ensure reproduction in Singapore. For instance, equalized medical benefits, grandparents caregiver relief, 5 day work week for civil service and extended maternity leaves. Equalized medical benefits means that both parents are able to make medical claims for their kids from their company while the grandparents caregiver relief refers to having a $3000 income tax relief if a grandparents was to help take care of his/her grandchildren while their son/daughter are at work. The 5 day work week means that young adults are able to spend more time with their families and build stronger bonds or to have more time to date. By having extended maternity leave , mothers are able to have more time to recuperate and take care of their new born babies. All this are main concerns of Singaporeans. So now, with all this problems solved, working adults wouldn’t mind having a bigger family. Thus, increasing the population.
Lastly, financial incentives. Many young couples are not having kids as they are not financially stable. Families stop at one as they are not able to afford the cost of bringing up a healthy kid, not even mentioning an ill kid. Hence, the government implemented a policy, known as three or more if you can afford it, whereby it helps relieve the financial burden of having children. For instance, measures such as allowing the use of medisave to pay for delivery charges of the first three children. Hence , parents need not worry so much about the financial problems and have more kids. Therefore , ensuring population growth.
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