Committee of Supply 2026 debate, Day 1: Xie Yao Quan on immigration, integration and equity
For the first time in Singapore, the birth cohorts hitting working age are smaller - by about 30,000 persons - than the cohorts aged 65 to 69, or those reaching retirement and re-employment age. The “stark implication” is that in order to keep Singapore’s resident workforce growing at the same modest rate as in previous years, the government will have to top up the resident workforce with more new citizens and Permanent Residents by around the same number over five years. MP Xie Yao Quan said this in parliament on Thursday (Feb 26), where he gave his view that Singapore is facing “a moment of reckoning” in its immigration policies.
For the first time in Singapore, the birth cohorts hitting working age are smaller - by about 30,000 persons - than the cohorts aged 65 to 69, or those reaching retirement and re-employment age. The “stark implication” is that in order to keep Singapore’s resident workforce growing at the same modest rate as in previous years, the government will have to top up the resident workforce with more new citizens and Permanent Residents by around the same number over five years. MP Xie Yao Quan said this in parliament on Thursday (Feb 26), where he gave his view that Singapore is facing “a moment of reckoning” in its immigration policies.
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