SINGAPORE’S POPULATION GROWTH

Problems of Rapid Population Growth
- Insufficient housing
- Shortage of health care
- Shortage of education services

Policies to Reduce Population Growth
- Encouraging the use of contraceptives
- Legalizing abortion
- Singapore Family Planning
- Incentives and measurements

Reasons for Slow Population Growth
- Parents being reluctant to have many children
- Satisfaction of a career
- Education
- Marrying at a later age
- High cost of living

Problems of Slow Population Growth
- Hindering of Singapore’s development
- Shortage of manpower
- Strain on economically active population due to high taxes
- Less people available to defend the country
- Aging population

Policies to Increase Population Growth
- Promoting larger families by providing incentives and the likes
- Attracting foreign talent

Senior Citizens as Assets to Society
- Mentors
- Helping out in welfare organizations
- Advisers for companies
- Providing care for grandchildren
- Back to Work Programs
- Retirement extension
- Growth of industry catered to the senior citizens

Impact of Aging Population
- High demand for health care and social services
- High demand for special facilities
- Strain on working people due to high taxes

Preparing for an Aging Population
- ‘Many helping hands’ approach (community, individual, family)
- Individual Responsibility
- Family Care
- Community Help
- Government Support

JAPAN’S AGING POPULATION

Coping with an aging population
- Reorganizing the pension systems
- Restructuring the health insurance systems
- Overcoming the shortage of caregivers
- Promoting family support
- Encouraging an active lifestyle
- Making it easier for retirees to be employed