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‘Something better and not less’: Woman says upgrade on playground at Pasir Ris Street feels more like a downgrade

SINGAPORE: A woman took to social media to air...

Singaporean man says he’s confused why people keep saying public housing is ‘unaffordable for low-income individuals’

SINGAPORE: A Singaporean man has sparked a debate online...

“Things will pan out well” – PSP candidate on potential three-cornered fight at Marymount SMC

SINGAPORE: Progress Singapore Party's (PSP) candidate for Marymount SMC...

Ex-WP MP and PSP member call for universal minimum wage

SINGAPORE: The time has come for a universal minimum...

Business

Employee terminated for not agreeing to work on Saturdays, asks Singaporeans, ‘Is this wrongful termination?’

SINGAPORE: A Singaporean employee has allegedly been terminated after...

After CDL fallout, analysts push for clearer governance in Singapore’s family-run firms

SINGAPORE: Property giant City Developments Limited's (CDL's) public boardroom...

‘Depression is setting in:’ Employee desperately seeks advice on how to handle a ‘legendarily bad boss’

SINGAPORE: An exhausted employee took to social media to...

CapitaLand Investment to launch first retail REIT in China’s SSE with RMB2.8B of assets

SINGAPORE/SHANGHAI: CapitaLand Investment (CLI) announced that it has applied...

Singapore Politics

Kala Manickam calls out Ng Chee Meng’s political comeback: ‘Jalan Kayu doesn’t need a politician staging a return‘

SINGAPORE: In a striking public statement ahead of the...

Jamus Lim saying ‘What we’re trying to deny PAP is a blank cheque’ in 2020 debate emerges again

SINGAPORE: While the Workers’ Party’s (WP) Jamus Lim released...

GE2025: Minister Desmond Lee to anchor West Coast-Jurong West GRC, Foo Mee Har passing baton to new faces

SINGAPORE: All eyes will be on the West Coast...

Josephine Teo saying ‘Opposition will turn your house into a house of cards’ resurfaces

SINGAPORE: You know the General Election (GE) is coming...

Tag: fertility rate in Singapore

Economists respond to Elon Musk’s tweet about Singapore “going extinct”

Besides high cost of living in Singapore, women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome are another reason behind SG’s declining fertility rate

Singapore birth rate record low: Nearly 8% drop in 2022

‘Only 2 things needed to have more kids—a house and good childcare support’ — S’porean on Louis Ng’s fertility leave proposal for couples needing IVF

‘Govt asking S’poreans to make more babies’ — Jokes abound after additional support for parents announced in SG Budget 2023

Leon Perera: Does the government take seriously the link between housing affordability and Singapore’s fertility rate?

Netizen says ‘married couples who don’t want kids, please don’t apply HDB, give real families a chance at lower priced homes’

‘You know what would really boost fertility rate? Lower cost of living’

Netizen decided to be child-free says having kids shouldn’t be ‘dictated by public policy, GDP per capita, or supporting ageing population’

Netizen tells Lawrence Wong ‘the real reason’ why fertility rates are dropping and people are not getting married