SINGAPORE: Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said he hoped “fervently” that Singaporeans would boost the city-state’s stubbornly-low birth rates in the coming Year of the Dragon.
In his Lunar New Year message sent to the media, Lee – a father of four – said growing Singaporean families are an “important priority” and that more local-born babies were needed to maintain Singapore’s national identity.
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