More sex please, you’re Singaporean

Telegraph.co.uk, 29 Jan 2009, Ben Bland

That is the plea from the Singapore government as its trade-dependent economy slides into an ever-deeper recession. While other governments are focusing solely on fiscal and monetary stimulus packages for their economies, Singapore is also pushing ahead with its sexual stimulus plan as it seeks to shore up its flagging growth prospects.

With one of the most rapidly-ageing populations in the world and fears that as many as 200,000 foreign workers may leave the city-state because of the recession here, Singapore needs its youngsters to start reproducing more if it is to carry on growing in the longer term.

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