Heraldsun.com.au
19 Aug 2008
SINGAPORE will double its spending on incentives to address a severe shortage of babies threatening the country's future, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said in a television broadcast.
He unveiled a series of measures, including extended maternity leave, which he said add up to more than $S700 million ($570 million), "about double what we are spending today on child incentives".
"This package will make a difference to many couples, but I can't guarantee that it will solve our problem, because it is a deep problem," he said in his key annual policy speech.
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