Singapore aims to lift birth rate
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Singapore will give families financial incentives to boost record-low birth rates, says new PM Lee Hsien Loong.
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Singapore, facing a rise in AIDS cases, is considering making it compulsory for pregnant women to be screened for HIV/AIDS, an official said on Saturday.
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Singapore cut corporate taxes for the first time in three years to lure more international financial services and technology companies. The government will reduce the maximum tax rate payable by companies to 18 percent from 20 percent from the 2008 year of assessment, according to the second minister for finance, Tharman Shanmugaratnam, above. The tax on goods and services will be increased 2 percentage points, to 7 percent, from July 1 to make up for the revenue shortfall from lower collections from companies, he said. The government of Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong intends to attract 11.9 billion Singapore dollars ($7.7 billion) of investment in services and manufacturing industries this year to underpin growth.
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SINGAPORE : Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has set out his vision of a future of opportunity and promise for Singapore. He said so long as Singapore stands in the middle of Southeast
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Singapore has formed a national policy committee to combat the rise of HIV cases, local media reported Monday.
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Singapore's economy is poised to meet its upgraded 2006 growth targets of 6.5 to 7.5 percent after gross domestic product (GDP) surged beyond expectations in the first half.
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The number of AIDS cases in Singapore has risen to record highs this year. The country wants to make it compulsory for pregnant women to have HIV/AIDS screening.
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Despite an uptick in the birthrate, the country is still heading for demographic disaster
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Taiwan plans to spend 84 million Taiwan dollars (2.46 million US dollar) on a campaign to encourage couples to have more children after the island's birth rate hit a record low in 2003, officials said.
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Singapore&#39;s prime minister is making his second visit in three weeks to Indonesia for talks with new President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono expected to focus on boosting ties between the two Southeast Asian countries.
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Singapore's economy grows by 8.1% in 2004,  as a surge in manufacturing demand drove its best performance since 2000.
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Singapore&#39;s economy has slowed in the third quarter but still recorded growth of 7.7 per cent. Singapore&#39;s trade ministry says after posting its fastest quarterly expansion in 10 years to June, a slowdown
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Singapore, facing a rise in AIDS  cases, is considering making it compulsory for pregnant women  to be screened for HIV/AIDS, an official said on Saturday.
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Many advanced countries face collapsing populations. Making it easier for women to work may be the best way to increase birthrates.
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Singapore&#39;s unemployment rate fell in the third quarter of 2004 as job creation increased in tandem with the city-state&#39;s strong economic growth, the government said Monday.
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More should have been done to help the NHS cope with a rise in foreign mothers using maternity services, the Tories say.
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Despite facing an &quot;alarming AIDS epidemic,&quot; Singapore will not go on a publicity blitz to promote condom use out of respect for residents who hold conservative views on sexual behaviour, a minister said.