Saturday, 20 February 2016

Aging Population (Yi Ting)

3 things I found out:
1) China's one child policy was implemented in the year 1979, was eased in 2013, and ended in 2016.
2) Singapore's two child policy was implemented in 1972, and ended in 1987.
3) Both policies were implemented to reduce the countries' high birth rates and slow the population growth rate.
2 perceptions I have gained:
1) We should think about the long-term consequences instead of focusing solely on achieving the short-term goals. In this case, in order to quickly decline the nations' populations, the child limit policies were made, causing the population to decrease too much and too rapidly.
2) Although more effort may be needed, the government are able to think of ways to slowly rid the negative impacts of their initiatives. In this case, after realizing the sudden and rapid over-decline in the nation's population, the Singapore government came out with the "Baby Bonus" plan to encourage more child births to increase the youth of our aging population.
1 question I have:
1) What other actions are taken by the Singapore government to tackle the aging population?

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