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Fertility

Opinion & Features

How keeping up with the Joneses in parenting is crimping fertility

We have become too used to weighing up the pros and cons, looking at the dollars and cents when it comes to making life decisions, such as marriage, says the writer.
Opinion & Features
THINKING ALOUD

Is marriage just another high-risk investment?

Though the number of people is still rising, the fertility rate has been plummeting. And not just in the rich world: Two-thirds of people now live in countries where it is below the “replacement rate” of 2.1.
Opinion & Features
THE BROAD VIEW

Don’t panic about the global fertility crash

China‘s population fell for a third consecutive year in 2024, with experts warning of a worsening downturn, after decades of falling birth rates.
International

China unveils childcare subsidies in push to boost fertility

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 

South Korea’s government has spent hundreds of billions of US dollars over the years in a campaign aimed at encouraging more people to get married and procreate.
International

South Korea’s fertility rate edges up for first time in years

Musk's comment highlights the pressing demographic and fertility problems that have plagued Singapore’s policymakers for years. 
Companies & Markets

Economists weigh in after Tesla CEO Elon Musk says Singapore is ‘going extinct’ amid low birth rate

As society moved from being predominantly agricultural to urban, there was less need to have large families.
Wealth & Investing

Why falling fertility is not a crisis

Embryo storage area at Thomson Fertility Centre. Thomson Medical notes a 70 per cent increase in the number of IVF cycles done in Singapore over the last 10 years.
Consumer & Healthcare

Greater awareness and government support are birthing an IVF boom

New parents of Singaporean children will get an extra 10 weeks of government-paid leave to share between themselves from Apr 1, 2026.
Singapore
NATIONAL DAY RALLY

National Day Rally: New parents get extra 10 weeks of paid leave, to share; mandatory paternity leave rises to four weeks

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