Reuters
25 Jun 2008
SINGAPORE (Reuters Life!) - Foreigners are providing a boost to Singapore's lagging birth rate, with one in four babies born to expatriate fathers in the last five months, a local newspaper reported on Wednesday.
The Singapore government has for years been trying to boost the city-state's birth rate -- one of the lowest in the world-- by encouraging educated young people in particular to have children and providing incentives ranging from tax breaks to "baby bonuses" to couples with kids.
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