Jakarta Globe – AFP, Sep 25, 2014
Singapore.
Singapore’s population grew at its slowest pace in a decade in the 12 months to
June as the government tightened the inflow of foreign workers, official
figures showed on Thursday.
The
statistics department said the city-state had a total population of 5.47
million people as of the end of June, up 1.3 percent from the year before.
“This was
the slowest growth in the last decade, driven by slower growth in non-resident
population,” it said.
The number
of citizens stood at 3.34 million, up a slight 0.9 percent from the year
before, while those with permanent residency fell 0.7 percent to 527,700, the
department said in its latest population trends report.
According
to the statistics, over 29 percent of Singapore’s population comprises
“non-residents” — those working, studying or living in the country but not
granted permanent residency.
Including
permanent residents, the statistics show that foreigners account for nearly 40
percent of Singapore’s total population.
Complaints
from citizens about overcrowding, foreign workers competing with locals for
jobs and resentment over the bad habits of foreigners has made immigration a
hot-button issue on the affluent but space-constricted island.
With the
complaints becoming more strident especially on social media, the government
has taken steps to slow down foreign hiring and the granting of permanent
residency status.
The
discontent spilled into the 2011 general elections when the ruling party
garnered its lowest-ever vote count after more than 50 years in power, and
analysts say it remains a key issue for the next election, which must be held
before January 2017.
Singapore’s
fertility rate also fell to 1.19 babies per woman in 2013 from 1.29 in 2012,
well below the 2.1 babies needed to naturally replenish the native-born
population, the report said.
In January,
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong urged young Singaporean couples to get off to a
“galloping start” in the Lunar Year of the Horse by having more babies to boost
the flagging birth rate.
Agence
France-Presse
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"Recalibration of Free Choice"– Mar 3, 2012 (Kryon Channelling by Lee Carroll) - (Subjects: (Old) Souls, Midpoint on 21-12-2012, Shift of Human Consciousness, Black & White vs. Color, 1 - Spirituality (Religions) shifting, Loose a Pope “soon”, 2 - Humans will change react to drama, 3 - Civilizations/Population on Earth, 4 - Alternate energy sources (Geothermal, Tidal (Paddle wheels), Wind), 5 – Financials Institutes/concepts will change (Integrity – Ethical) , 6 - News/Media/TV to change, 7 – Big Pharmaceutical company will collapse “soon”, (Keep people sick), (Integrity – Ethical) 8 – Wars will be over on Earth, Global Unity, … etc.) - (Text version)
Seven billion people and climbing, but not everywhere
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“… 3 - Longer Life is Going to Happen, But…
Here is one that is a review. We keep bringing it up because Humans don't believe it. If you're going to start living longer, there are those who are frightened that there will be overpopulation. You've seen the way it is so far, and the geometric progression of mathematics is absolute and you cannot change it. So if you look at the population of the earth and how much it has shifted in the last two decades, it's frightening to you. What would change that progression?
The answer is simple, but requires a change in thinking. The answer is a civilization on the planet who understands a new survival scenario. Instead of a basic population who has been told to have a lot of children to enhance the race [old survival], they begin to understand the logic of a new scenario. The Akashic wisdom of the ages will start to creep in with a basic survival scenario shift. Not every single woman will look at herself and say, "The clock is ticking," but instead can say, "I have been a mother 14 times in a row. I'm going to sit this one out." It's a woman who understands that there is no loss or guilt in this, and actually feels that the new survival attribute is to keep the family small or not at all! Also, as we have said before, even those who are currently ignorant of population control will figure out what is causing babies to be born [Kryon joke].
Part of the new Africa will be education and healing, and eventually a zero population growth, just like some of the first-world nations currently have. Those who are currently tied to a spiritual doctrine will actually have that doctrine changed (watch for it) regarding Human birth. Then they will be able to make free choice that is appropriate even within the establishment of organized religion. You see, things are going to change where common sense will say, "Perhaps it would help the planet if I didn't have children or perhaps just one child." Then the obvious, "Perhaps I can exist economically better and be wiser with just one. It will help the one!" Watch for these changes. For those of you who are steeped in the tradition of the doctrines and would say that sounds outrageously impossible, I give you the new coming pope [Kryon smile]. For those of you who feel that uncontrolled procreation is inevitable, I encourage you to see statistics you haven't seen or didn't care to look at yet about what first-world countries have already accomplished on their own, without any mandates. It's already happening. That was number three.….”
Part of the new Africa will be education and healing, and eventually a zero population growth, just like some of the first-world nations currently have. Those who are currently tied to a spiritual doctrine will actually have that doctrine changed (watch for it) regarding Human birth. Then they will be able to make free choice that is appropriate even within the establishment of organized religion. You see, things are going to change where common sense will say, "Perhaps it would help the planet if I didn't have children or perhaps just one child." Then the obvious, "Perhaps I can exist economically better and be wiser with just one. It will help the one!" Watch for these changes. For those of you who are steeped in the tradition of the doctrines and would say that sounds outrageously impossible, I give you the new coming pope [Kryon smile]. For those of you who feel that uncontrolled procreation is inevitable, I encourage you to see statistics you haven't seen or didn't care to look at yet about what first-world countries have already accomplished on their own, without any mandates. It's already happening. That was number three.….”
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