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Singapore's total fertility rate continues to dip, but citizen births and marriages are up

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Published Thu, Feb 28, 2019 · 09:50 PM

    Singapore

    HOW Singapore can build a sustainable population in light of its ageing demographic was foremost on the minds of various Members of Parliament (MPs) on Day 1 of the Committee of Supply (COS) debates on Thursday.

    MP Vikram Nair, for example, wanted to know why Singapore's total fertility rate (TFR) has continued falling despite efforts to arrest it.

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