Committee of Supply 2025 debate, Day 1: Ng Ling Ling on supporting marriage and parenthood and enabling population strategies
What is the latest total fertility rate (TFR) for 2024 and did it increase with the effect of the Year of the Dragon last year? If it has improved due to the effect, will the government consider commissioning research, psychologists and behavioural scientists to conduct a study to better understand and distill what are the underlying root beliefs of parents that lead to the unusually better TFR in most Dragon years? Ng Ling Ling raised these questions in parliament on Friday (Feb 28). Highlighting the ageing population and declining TFR as causes for concern, she wanted to know how supportive stakeholders, including employers, religious bodies and grassroots organisations, can be better connected and coordinated to enable the key population strategies of the government to reach its best outcomes.
What is the latest total fertility rate (TFR) for 2024 and did it increase with the effect of the Year of the Dragon last year? If it has improved due to the effect, will the government consider commissioning research, psychologists and behavioural scientists to conduct a study to better understand and distill what are the underlying root beliefs of parents that lead to the unusually better TFR in most Dragon years? Ng Ling Ling raised these questions in parliament on Friday (Feb 28). Highlighting the ageing population and declining TFR as causes for concern, she wanted to know how supportive stakeholders, including employers, religious bodies and grassroots organisations, can be better connected and coordinated to enable the key population strategies of the government to reach its best outcomes.
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