Singapore's Declining Population

Abstract

Modern Singapore is both a city and a state. This fact carries with it both advantages and disadvantages. When Great Britain changed Singapores status from a colony to a state, those disadvantages may have seen overwhelming. Little land, few resources, high unemployment with no industrial base, all these and more coupled with a population which had little concept of being Singaporean, it should come as no surprise that the fledgling countrys leadership felt its best course of action would be to merge with other Malay states. After a short-lived attempt at just such a merge, circumstances dictated that Singapore would have to solve its problems alone.It proved wildly successful in solving some of these problems. Unfortunately the pendulum swung too far in the other direction. Starting with no industrial base and high unemployment, Singapore today finds itself with little unemployment but unable to sustain growth without importing foreign talent due to its declining population.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2010
Accession Number
AD1019577

Entities

People

  • David Barrington

Organizations

  • Air Command and Staff College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Asia
  • Commerce
  • Communities
  • Families (Human)
  • Fertility
  • Geography
  • Governments
  • Health Care
  • Health Services
  • Immigrants
  • Immigration
  • Marriage
  • Security
  • Singapore
  • Social Security
  • Southeast Asia
  • Unemployment

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  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union
  • Systems Analysis and Design