Challenges of an ageing population

Read the article on http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/productivity-growth/1950610.html and find out the challenges of an ageing population for Singapore. The impacts of an ageing population on the economy and defence as well as what we can do to deal with the challenges.

Population growth rate of Singapore from 2005 to 2014

Increasing number of Singaporeans aged 65 and older

Population pyramid of Singapore in 2014

Projected population of Singapore in 2050

Source: http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/productivity-growth/1950610.html

Population White Paper

Understanding more about the population white paper  - our problems and limitations in population issues - using the snake and ladder game. The original version was published in the Chinese section of Mypaper on 8 Feb 2013 - http://epaper.mypaper.sg/emnd/fvxcn/fvxp/fvxpress.php?param=2013-02-08

Do you agree with what renowned population expert Professor Wolfgang Lutz thinks about our fertility rate, and how a Total Fertility Rate (TFR) of 2.1 might not be ideal? Will our current fertility rate of 1.3 be sustainable?

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