The Population Conundrum: Roundtable on Singapore’s Demographic Challenges

The Civil Service College (CSC) and Institute of Policy Studies (IPS) organised a roundtable to discuss Singapore’s population challenges and solicit expert views and suggestions on the available options and trade-offs in dealing with these.

IPS presented its population projections, which provided the context for the discussion of the different scenarios at the roundtable.


Conference Proceedings

• Dr Chang Youngho and Professor Euston Quah. Population and the Environment: Discussions on the Implications of a Large Population
• Professor Hoon Hian Teck. An Economic Analysis of Optimum Population Size Achieved Through Boosting Total Fertility and Net Immigration
• Dr Lai Ah Eng. Viewing Ourselves and Others: Differences, Disconnects and Divides among Locals and Immigrants in Singapore
• Associate Professor Paulin Tay Straughan. Delayed Marriage and Ultra-Low Fertility in Singapore – The Confounding Challenges to Social Stability

Downloads

• Report on The Population Conundrum: Roundtable on Singapore’s Demographic Challenges
• Opening Remarks by Mr Janadas Devan, Director, Institute of Policy Studies
• Presentation Slides by Dr Yap Mui Teng, The Population Conundrum: Population Projections
• Presentation Slides by Professor Hoon Hian Teck, An Economic Analysis of Optimum Population Size Achieved Through Boosting Total Fertility and Net Immigration
• Presentation Slides by Associate Professor Shandre Thangavelu, Foreign Labour, Local Human Capital and Balanced Growth: Case of Singapore
• Presentation Slides by Dr Malone-Lee Lai Choo, Limits to Growth: Population, Density and Urban Stress
• Presentation Slides by Professor Euston Quah and Dr Chang Youngho, Population and the Environment: Implications of Large Population on Singapore
• Presentation Slides by Associate Professor Paulin Tay Straughan, Delayed Marriage and Ultra-Low Fertility – the Confounding Challenges to Social Stability
• Presentation Slides by Dr Gillian Koh, Immigration: Getting the Economy, Society and Polity in Sync
  

Video

• The Population Conundrum: Singapore’s Demographic Challenges

Media Coverage

• The Straits Times. 2012. Old storytellers on tap. 13 May
• The Straits Times. 2012. Tackling the population conundrum. 5 May
• 联合早报. 2012. 学者：尽管必须引进移民　不能假设生育率已无法提高. 5月4日
• 联合早报. 2012. 引进不同非居民人数对人口产生的变化. 5月4日
• 联合早报. 2012. 郑宝莲副教授鼓励生育建议： 减少表现花红　取消小六会考. 5月4日
• 联合早报. 2012. 政策研究院 “人口难题”研讨会　人口多少才算理想?. 5月4日
• The Straits Times. 2012. 5 burning questions. 4 May 
• The Straits Times. 2012. Foreigners won’t stem ageing population. 4 May
• The Straits Times. 2012. Need for new citizens. 4 May
• The Straits Times. 2012. Why can’t Singaporeans have more babies?. 4 May
• Channel NewsAsia. 2012. Immigration inevitable for Singapore. 3 May
• Channel NewsAsia. 2012. Immigration policy, growing families dominate population forum. 3 May
• Yahoo News. 2012. IPS Study: Singapore could be ‘extremely aged’ by 2050. 3 May