The Population of Singapore (Third Edition)

Index

355 Index A Abdul Rahman, Temenggong, 3 abortion, induced, 195–202 rate, 199–202 Abortion Act, 166, 196–97, 203 Abortion (Amendment) Act, 198 Abortion (Amendment) Regulations, 198 Abortion Bill, 196–97, 202 ABSD (additional buyer’s stamp duty), 269 Administration of Muslim Law Act, 104, 120–23, 129–30, 135, 140, 145 Administrative Report, 343 Advance Data Release, 344 age pyramid, 36, 39–40, 317 AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome), 200 Aliens Ordinance of 1933, 32–33, 57, 253 Annual Report of Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Persons, 135 antinatalist changes, in stance, 215–49 policy, 187, 203, 213–15 programme, 209–11 see also pronatalist policy ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations), 259 Asia Foundation, 189 assisted reproductive technology, 248 B Baba women, 33 baby bonus scheme, 224–26, 247 extension of, 233–36 Balakrishnan, Vivian, 328 bilingualism, 45–46 birth control, 187 birth delivery fees, 267–68 birth rates, 153–56, 158 see also fertility; TFR Blue Book, 339 “Boy or Girl — Two is Enough”, campaign, 193 Braddell, Thomas, 5, 8, 338 British Military Base, 63, 67 Buckley, C.B., 33 Bukit Timah Nature Reserve, 2 C CCAA (China Centre of Adoption Affairs), 261 CDA (Children Development Account), 224–25, 234–35, 247, 249 Central Provident Fund, see CPF childcare leave, 239–40, 247–48 childcare subsidy, 219–20, 226, 236–37, 247 Child Post-Secondary Education Account, 236 Children Development Co-Savings Act, 230 Children Development Credit scheme, 249 356 Index China Centre of Adoption Affairs, see CCAA Chinese age reckoning, 36, 342 citizenship, 51–53 dialect-speaking communities, 30 divorce rate, 137–38 fertility rate, 168–73, 180–82 foreign-born, 70, 73 general definition, 27–28 labour force participation, 276 life expectancy, 98–100 literacy rate, 44–45 marriage rate, 108–11, 119 migration, 56–57 mortality rates, 89–90, 92 population growth, 12–13, 28 sex ratio, 33 Chinese Clan Association, 326 Chinese Immigration Ordinance, 56 Chinese Protectorate Office, 56–57 Chola King, 2 Christian Marriage Ordinance, 103 “citizens come first”, principle, 269 Citizenship and Population Unit, see CPU citizenship laws, 262–64 citizenship pattern, 48–53 Civil Marriage Ordinance, 103 Civil Service Student Internship Programme, 265 clinics, number of, 190 Contact Singapore, 265 CPF (Central Provident Fund), 213, 219, 231, 268, 325 top-up grant, 232–33 CPU (Citizenship and Population Unit), 329 Crown Colony, 4 customs and laws, in marriage, 102–05 D DBS Bank, 224 “death” railway, 174 deaths causes of, 84, 92, 94–97 rates, 82, 87, 93–94 see also life expectancies; mortality demographic statistics, sources of, 337–45 Demographic Trends in Singapore, 343 Department of Social Welfare, 131 Department of Statistics, 127, 131, 176, 299, 344–45 DGP (Development Guide Plan), 22 Distinguished Business Leaders Series, 265 divorce customs and laws, 127–31 demographic background, 139–41 marital background, 141–45 races, among the, 136–38 reasons for, 145–50 trends, 131–36 see also marriage Dragon year, 176, 178–79, 182, 185, 330, 334 dual nationality, 48 Duchess of Somerset, 8 E East India Company, 58 economic nationalism, 5 EDB (Economic Development Board), 258 emigration, 78–79 Employment Act, 209, 222–23, 230–31, 239–40, 245 Employment (Amendment) Act, 209 employment pass, 255 entry permit, for foreigners, 254–58 ESCAP (Economic Commission for Asia and the Pacific), 14 ethnic and dialect composition, 27–31 eugenic population policy, 124, 187, 202 eugenic programme, 211–14 see also graduate mother scheme Eugenics Board, 202–03 F Family Court, 127–28, 145, 262 Family Day Care Service, 226 family grant, 232–33 family planning, 155, 157, 172 acceptors and acceptance rate, 194–95 Index 357 government programme, 191–95 private programme, 187–91 Family Planning Association, see FPA family planning society, 188 Federated Malay States, 340 Federation of Malaysia, 4, 341 Fei Yu Community Services, 261 fertility age-specific rates, 160–62 below-replacement, 174–83 birth shortfall, 183–85 cash grant, and, 214 changes by age, 159–64 changes by birth order, 164–68 differentials, 172–74 gross total fertility, 163–64, 166–68 GRR (gross reproduction rate), 152 transition, 155–59 trends, 152–54 races, among, 168–72 see also birth rates; population growth; TFR financial crisis, 20 FIS (Financial Investor Scheme), 258, 266 five-day work week, 241–43 Ford Foundation, 189 foreign-born population, 60–65 year of first arrival, 70–74 birthplace of, 65–70 foreign brides, 260–61 foreigners control of...