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International Workshop on
Fertility Decline, Below Replacement Fertility and the Family in Asia: Prospects, Consequences and Policies
10-12 April, 2002
National University of Singapore, Singapore

Co-organisers: Asian MetaCentre for Population and Sustainable Development Analysis
in Association with: Family Studies Research Programme, National University of Singapore
supported by: The Wellcome Trust

Media Coverage

Alarm over ‘Greying Asia’
news report in BBC News, 10 April 2002.

Re-examine society to prevent falling birth rates: experts
news report in Channel News Asia, 10 April 2002.

Baby shortage alarm
news report in Streats, 11 April 2002.

Expert sounds alarm on falling Asian birth rates
news report in Streats, 11 April 2002.

Expert express alarm over few babies: Thailand’s birth rates plunge below its needs
news report in Bangkok Post, 11 April 2002.

Birth rates to fall…
news report in TODAY, 11 April 2002.

ANU’s Dr McDonald: To encourage Singaporeans to have more children necessitates changing the work environment
我国华人百年内将减剩四分之一
news report in Lian He Zao Bao, 11 April 2002.

Baby Blues: S’pore not alone…
news report in The Straits Times, 11 April 2002.

Flexible guidelines should be adopted to encourage homemakers to return to the workforce (Malay)
(Dasar fleksibel disaran bagi galak ibu bekerja: Insentif kewangan ‘tiada kesan’ dalma dasar galak bayan anak)
news report in Berita Harian, 12 April 2002.

Obstacles to having babies to be tackled
news report in The Straits Times, 12 April 2002.

Why PM Goh did not receive his baby bonus
news report in The Straits Times, 18 April 2002.

Baby, baby, it’s not all about the money
news report in The Straits Times, 19 April 2002.

Australian expert: females only giving birth to 1.3 children each… Singapore’s Chinese population estimated to be reduced to a quarter within a century
要鼓励新加坡人生育，必须改变工作环境
news report in Lian He Zao Bao, 19 April 2002.