PRO-FAMILY INCENTIVES
Parliament of Singapore · 2 March 2010
Official Report, 2 March 2010, Vol 86, Issue 17 · Open in the reader (summaries, search, filters)
PRO-FAMILY INCENTIVES
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Assoc. Prof. Paulin Tay Straughan asked the Prime Minister in light of the lower number of births recorded in 2009, whether the Government has plans to further enhance the pro-family incentives
Mr Wong Kan Seng: The enhanced marriage and parenthood package was announced in August 2008 and was implemented shortly after. Resident births fell by 351, from 37,277 in 2008 to 36,926 in 2009. One reason for the decline could be due to the recession in 2009.
It is too early to review the marriage and parenthood package at this stage. We will let the 2008 marriage and parenthood package run for a while before doing a comprehensive review.
In the meantime, I hope that Singaporeans will not be deterred by the Year of the Tiger, and proceed to get married and start a family when they are ready to do so. Children born in the Year of the Tiger are no different from children born under other zodiac signs.
Source: Singapore Parliament Official Report (Hansard) for 2 March 2010. Republished on SGParliament.