Singapore's total fertility rate has been falling for many years. The previous low was 1.1 in 2020.
"This was partly due to the Tiger year in the Lunar calendar, which is generally associated with lower births among the Chinese," Minister in the Prime Minister's Office Indranee Rajah said in Parliament on Friday .
Speaking during the PMO's Committee of Supply debate, Ms Indranee noted that the country's total fertility rate has been declining for many years, like other advanced societies. This is in line with longer-term global societal trends. It also comes as people in Singapore are living longer. Among those applying for Build-to-Order flats, first-timer families with children and younger married couples will get greater priority, including an additional ballot.which the Ministry of National Development will elaborate on at its Committee of Supply debate.
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