​SSS in the News | Asia braces for baby bust as singles wait to wed

Nikkei

Fertility rates -- the average number of children a woman will bear -- in developed Asian countries like Japan, South Korea and Singapore have already dropped below those of the U.S. and the European Union. From Tokyo to Beijing and Singapore, time is running out to find solutions. Dr Ng Yew Kwang, a professor of economics at NTU said that without an improvement in Singapore's low fertility rate of 1.16, "we would have an even more rapidly ageing population, and more seniors with no adult children in their support network."

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