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Demographics

Opinion & Features
THE BROAD VIEW

Don’t panic about the global fertility crash

Letting local singles buy HDB BTO homes at a younger age can help in ensuring their financial adequacy in their retirement years.
Opinion & Features
THE LEVEL GROUND

As more Singaporeans stay single, it makes sense to let them buy BTO flats when they are younger

Help large families who upgrade from an HDB BTO home to a resale unit with a sizeable CPF housing grant.
Opinion & Features
THE LEVEL GROUND

Let large families buy new HDB 3Gen flats and enjoy priority for 4- and 5-bedder exec condos 

ST20240825-202447600877-Lim Yaohui-pixgeneric/ Elderly men and women crossing Victoria Street towards Bugis Street under a light drizzle on Aug 25, 2024. Can be used for stories on old age, elderly, money, CPF, budget, healthcare, health, population, ageing and home. (ST PHOTO: LIM YAOHUI)
Opinion & Features
THE BOTTOM LINE

Silver linings: Unlocking the potential strengths in an ageing society

The birth rate hit a record low last year in China, which has a population of 1.4 billion.
International

China looks to spur births, aid families in fight on shrinking population

The ageing of Singapore's population may not provide rich pickings for property players eyeing the purpose-built senior living space.
Opinion & Features
THE LEVEL GROUND

Temper expectations in Singapore’s private purpose-built senior-living sector

Ageism separates and divides society, and it is harmful at both the individual and the collective level. For individuals, ageism can contribute to poverty or financial insecurity in older age if they are unable to continue working and earning an income. At the societal level it can cost billions of dollars in terms of health and social services, and lost productivity.
Opinion & Features
THE BROAD VIEW

Aged to imperfection?

Sooner or later, therefore, every big economy will collide with a demographic wall. The bill from pensions and hospitals will pile on fiscal pressure. Sapped of workers and ideas, economic growth could collapse while public debt balloons.
Opinion & Features
PERSPECTIVE

Shrinking populations mean a poorer, more fractious world

South Korea’s birth rate fell to a record low last year, official data shows, despite having poured billions of dollars into efforts to encourage women to have more children and maintain population stability.
International

South Korea president says wants to create ministry to tackle low birth rates

Cleaner Hu Dexi, 67, works at a shopping mall in Beijing, China, April 10, 2024. China’s latest statistics showed some 94 million working people - around 12.8 per cent of China’s 734 million labour force - were older than 60 in 2022. This figure is set to skyrocket as 300 million more Chinese reach their 60s in the coming decade.
Global Enterprise

In rapidly ageing China, millions can’t afford to retire

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