8/30/2003: Singapore not getting enough

Undertoad · 08-30-2003, 11:33 AM

Hard to believe? This is Singapore "sex guru" Doctor Wei Siang Yu, trying to convince people to get laid more often. Fertility experts in Singapore are warning that their country's birth rates are so low that it will soon have an economic impact, and this is leading to a "baby panic" of sorts.

(This indirectly relates to practically every thread we've been having recently.)

It turns out that Singapore used to be terribly concerned about their rising population. In the late 60s-early 70s, they put together all kinds of incentives to try to stop their people from breeding like rabbits.

They were successful. Too successful. By the mid-80s, they realized that the birth rate was below the death rate. The government reversed and started to try to convince people to have more kids. At this point they are giving parents actual cash money to have second and third children.

Maybe they would get more lovin' if they didn't wear such tacky suits. What is that, pastel plaid?

08-30-2003, 11:33 AM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	8/30/2003: Singapore not getting enough Hard to believe? This is Singapore "sex guru" Doctor Wei Siang Yu, trying to convince people to get laid more often. Fertility experts in Singapore are warning that their country's birth rates are so low that it will soon have an economic impact, and this is leading to a "baby panic" of sorts. (This indirectly relates to practically every thread we've been having recently.) It turns out that Singapore used to be terribly concerned about their rising population. In the late 60s-early 70s, they put together all kinds of incentives to try to stop their people from breeding like rabbits. They were successful. Too successful. By the mid-80s, they realized that the birth rate was below the death rate. The government reversed and started to try to convince people to have more kids. At this point they are giving parents actual cash money to have second and third children. Maybe they would get more lovin' if they didn't wear such tacky suits. What is that, pastel plaid?

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