dead. Thankfully, Singapore is protected from such calamity due to her geography but she is facing a different tsunami, a “silver” one that is possibly and equally crippling. That led to the introduction of the highly controversial Population White Paper in January 2013 by the Singapore government as a counter-measure. A highly debated policies found in the White Paper is the government’s aim to increase the population by continuing to open the door for immigrants into Singapore as new citizens, Permanent
Managing an ageing population in Singapore 1. Introduction Ageing population is a subject of much attention as it is estimated by the Singapore Statistic Department that 19 percent of the Singaporeans will be above the age of 65 in 2030 which will cause many problems to arise. In recent years, many news articles have been published, discussing about this issue of preparing for the upcoming silver tsunami and how Singapore can cope with the challenges ahead. In July 2015, article was published on
where human structures such as houses, commercial buildings, roads, bridges, and railways are heavily develop and that most inhabitants have non-agricultural jobs. Thus, according to this definition, Singapore falls under the category of an urban state. In a city where it is densely populated like Singapore, which has currently 5.46 million people living in its land area of a mere 718 square kilometres, issues like sustainability will arise. United Nation (n.d.) defines sustainability as the ability
HSS2001-L01 Transitions in Hong Kong Society Individual essay Chan Ho Yin 15002997 Rethinking flexible welfare strategy in Hong Kong: a new direction for the East Asian welfare model? Since 1980, many Asian countries or cities had experienced economic growth, and there is great development of welfare system in this period of time. East Asian welfare politics focusing on the idea of Productivist(Good et al. 1998, Gough 2001) and a Confucian culture (Jones 1993) that Asian states can increase productivity