Singapore’s Latest Baby Count
Baby, My Articles March 15th, 2009
Singapore is still not getting the number of babies needed for the population levels to remain stable without extra measures like ‘importing’ foreign talents to stay in this Garden City.
60,000 babies are NEEDED each year to make this a possibility. In other words, it needs a fertility rate of 2.1 babies per woman so that the population can replace itself naturally.
The number shows 39,935 babies were born in 2008 which is the highest number since 2002, 40,760 babies. The latest number includes the babies from the 1 million foreigners who work and stay in Singapore.
Singapore’s population is only 4.84 million and with the massive new job opportunities popping out from the opening of Marina Bay Sands™, more immigrants are expected to make Singapore their home.
Marina Bay Sands™ would be a place with three cascading hotel towers , retail stores, trendy Celebrity Chef restaurants, endless entertainment at the theatres, the hottest night clubs and a Las Vegas-style casino. Business visitors will also enjoy the extensive Meetings, Incentives, Conventions and Exhibitions (MICE) facilities featuring state-of-the-art technology, highly flexible exhibition halls, and a convention centre that can host over 45,000 delegates.
While everywhere else is talking about recession and retrenchment, Singapore is offering opportunities to secure your rice bowl, would you come over? I think the attraction is obvious.
Well, the Marina Bay Sands™ will be up and running late 2009 or maybe early 2010, so we shall see how the new influx of foreigners could help with the number of babies produced.
As I write this, I find it really weird, to be conditioned subconsciously in the mind that with better living standards, babies can be produced ‘more naturally’???
Babies are born because a married couple wants to build a family, irregardless if they are rich or poor, isn’t it? Though money is definitely an issue to consider in sustaining a family’s expenses, it is still not the main consideration, isn’t it?
Anyhow, I will just sit back and see how the impact of this new landmark would have on the number of babies born when they do the count in year 2010.
March 16th, 2009 at 4:41 am
I wonder about this though, don’t you? It’s talked about in Canada too, expansion sans limits. But there are limits. I think we’re feeling the effects of them now. HOWEVER, I hope the Marina project invigorates your area.
March 16th, 2009 at 6:32 am
Singapore needs more Catholics and Mormons to help increase the population :)
March 16th, 2009 at 2:53 pm
you know, based on the number of babies born last year, there are more than 100 babies born each day in 2008. Wow! :-)
stings last blog post..Condolences…
March 16th, 2009 at 8:28 pm
a few of my friends wanted to have #2 but due to financial constraint they have to forgo that idea… pretty sad rite? They told me bringing up one already suck them dry… how to have more?
March 17th, 2009 at 3:40 pm
I was thinking to have another baby, but with our finance situatioin. We change our mind ^__^. Better I give the best education for Jason first and the rest for travel around the world ;)
Juliana RWs last blog post..He made a call
March 17th, 2009 at 7:06 pm
We would have another child, but it’s not practical financially so we’re going to stay with two for now.
March 20th, 2009 at 11:07 pm
I have heard some people say that because of the recession here in the US there will be more babies because people are staying in more… we will see…
March 28th, 2009 at 6:48 am
This advice is really going to help, thanks.