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Singapore In-Laws Rage as Women Spurn Lee’s Babies Plea -

bloomberg.com 21 Jan '13, 4pm

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Enlarge image Singapore In-Laws Rage as Women Defy Lee’s Plea for More Babies Chris McGrath/Getty Images A young girl looks on as a couple pose for a photograph at the Singapore Registry for Marriage in Singapore. Singaporean men and women are delaying getting married in part because they want to “concentrate fully” on their jobs or studies, survey showed. A young girl looks on as a couple pose for a photograph at the Singapore Registry for Marriage in Singapore. Singaporean men and women are delaying getting married in part because they want to “concentrate fully” on their jobs or studies, survey showed. Photographer: Chris McGrath/Getty Images

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@KangHexin » 28 Jan '13, 2pm
RT @LetaHong: Great story on Singapore govt's failing attempt to get women to marry younger & have babies [link] via @BelinaW
@LetaHong » 28 Jan '13, 1pm
Great story on Singapore govt's failing attempt to get women to marry younger & have babies [link] via @BelinaW
@lihui_maverick » 24 Jan '13, 7am
Singaporean women more materialistic than American o.O [link] via @BloombergNews
@gssq » 24 Jan '13, 7am
@johnnywongsgt works for me. [link]
@msvindicta » 24 Jan '13, 6am
RT @gssq: Awesome headline: "Singapore In-Laws Rage as Women Spurn Lee’s Babies Plea"; [link]
@PenderGroup » 23 Jan '13, 8pm
Why do young Singaporeans not like babies? [link]
@DGHGroup » 23 Jan '13, 7pm
RT @BloombergBNA: RT @bloombergnews: Low birthrate in Singapore prompts maternity-friendly government policies | [link]
@ChinPua » 23 Jan '13, 11am
I grew up in S'pore and this isn't news #nobabiesinSG MT Women Spurn Lee’s Babies Plea - Bloomberg via @BloombergNow [link]
@automathic » 23 Jan '13, 5am
Also congrats for missing all the class and gender biases embedded in all Singapore's natalist policies, anti or pro [link]
@automathic » 23 Jan '13, 5am
Hahaha fuck you Bloomberg for interviewing a woman "as she shopped for MAC lipstick and eye liner" #sgfeminists [link]
@VOAStevenson » 23 Jan '13, 5am
Singapore Turns Against Itself as Pressure for Babies Irks Women - Bloomberg [link] RT @southeastasia69
@eugeneyap » 23 Jan '13, 4am
Singapore Turns Against Itself as Pressure for Babies Irks Women [link] Pro-PAP friend tells me it costs $1K a month per child
@bimbo_observes » 23 Jan '13, 12am
“@bookjtinyisland: Singapore In-Laws Rage as Women Spurn Lee’s Babies Plea [link] via @BloombergNews” - "birthquake"
@TwittingJoe » 22 Jan '13, 6pm
Singapore In-Laws Rage as Women Spurn Lee’s Babies Plea [link] This is one of the problems faced by developed countries.
@WPNMS » 22 Jan '13, 6pm
Singapore Turns Against Itself as Pressure for Babies Irks Women [link] #wpbloom
@GRU_economia » 22 Jan '13, 5pm
Problemi "all'italiana" in altri Paesi del mondo - Bloomberg via @BloombergNow [link]
@sandeepbaliga » 22 Jan '13, 5pm
falling birthrate in singapore because of expensive life . The level in the U.S. Birth rate hit a record low in... [link]
@sandeepbaliga » 22 Jan '13, 5pm
@vyshakmv India can export some Low birthrate in #Singapore prompts maternity-friendly government policies | [link]"
@eddydaud » 22 Jan '13, 4pm
RT @warismalaya: Self-inflicted decline RT “@BloombergNews: Low birthrate in Singapore prompts maternity-friendly government policies | [link]”
@Rob_ar » 22 Jan '13, 4pm
“@BloombergNews: Low birthrate in Singapore prompts maternity-friendly government policies | [link]” @santiagorgr
@warismalaya » 22 Jan '13, 4pm
Self-inflicted decline RT “@BloombergNews: Low birthrate in Singapore prompts maternity-friendly government policies | [link]”
@BloombergNews » 22 Jan '13, 4pm
Low birthrate in Singapore prompts maternity-friendly government policies | [link]
@Rahatchy » 22 Jan '13, 3pm
移民以外は日本とよく似てるなあ。→ Singapore In-Laws Rage as Women Spurn Lee’s Babies Plea - Bloomberg via @BloombergNow [link]
@TaylorTOOwen » 22 Jan '13, 3pm
step it up singapore men [link]
@hananonis » 22 Jan '13, 2pm
RT@arinadafir: Weird headline. RT@BloombergNews: Singapore in-laws rage as women spurn PM Lee’s babies plea [link]
@mattjeff78 » 22 Jan '13, 2pm
RT @SoutheastAsiaDC: Low birth rate threatens #Singapore's growth & increases younger population's burden to pay for the aging population [link]
@SoutheastAsiaDC » 22 Jan '13, 2pm
Low birth rate threatens #Singapore's growth & increases younger population's burden to pay for the aging population [link]
@NandiniSukumar » 22 Jan '13, 2pm
RT @lucy_meakin: "My mother-in-law hates me and she says I’m selfish.” Singapore In-Laws Rage as Women Spurn Lee’s Babies Plea [link]
@_underjoyed » 22 Jan '13, 2pm
how many couples w kids r first time HDB buyers?! idgi RT @arinadafir @BloombergNews: Singapore women spurn baby plea [link]
@ScottBix » 22 Jan '13, 1pm
Angry mothers-in-law and a pleading prime minister aren't convincing young Singapore women to become mothers [link]
@rbaum » 22 Jan '13, 1pm
Singapore government to increase spending on matchmaking as birth rate stagnates [link]
@Giles_iPresume » 22 Jan '13, 12pm
RT @newley: Bloomberg: "Singapore In-Laws Rage as Women Spurn Lee’s Babies Plea." Great quote at top. [link]
@newley » 22 Jan '13, 12pm
Bloomberg: "Singapore In-Laws Rage as Women Spurn Lee’s Babies Plea." Great quote at top. [link]
@laraneses » 22 Jan '13, 12pm
RT @paulopedroso: Singapore In-Laws Rage as Women Spurn Lee’s Babies Plea [link] via @BloombergNews
@Shanfaraa » 22 Jan '13, 10am
"“We have to find effective ways to encourage Singaporeans to have more babies,” the younger Lee said in his New... [link]
@natashakhanhk » 22 Jan '13, 10am
"Hey Baby" -- Singapore will boost budget on marriage & parenthood to S$2billion, including on matchmaking [link]
@shassan1 » 22 Jan '13, 10am
Good article! RT @BloombergNews: Singapore in-laws rage as women spurn PM Lee’s babies plea | [link]
@superfinefeline » 22 Jan '13, 9am
RT @shamong: Singapore In-Laws Rage as Women Spurn Lee’s Babies Plea [link] via @BloombergNews (look into the root and the rest will flow)
@shamong » 22 Jan '13, 9am
Singapore In-Laws Rage as Women Spurn Lee’s Babies Plea [link] via @BloombergNews (look into the root and the rest will flow)
@gillianang » 22 Jan '13, 9am
Never knew we held a Guinness record for most no.of births in a national maternity hospital in 1966 [link] #truth
@abnerkoh » 22 Jan '13, 9am
Women have the choice not to give birth. [link]
@peishanhoe » 22 Jan '13, 9am
1966 S'pore: "so many women gave birth in the natl maternity hospital that it entered the Guinness Records" @Bloomberg [link]
@lilmsrandom » 22 Jan '13, 9am
“My mother-in-law hates me & she says I’m selfish. I don’t really care” S said as she shopped for lipstick & eye liner. [link]
@gillianang » 22 Jan '13, 9am
RT @incoherentboy: awesome starting quote -Singapore In-Laws Rage as Women Spurn Lee's Babies Plea [link]
@incoherentboy » 22 Jan '13, 9am
awesome starting quote -Singapore In-Laws Rage as Women Spurn Lee's Babies Plea [link]
@DEresearch » 22 Jan '13, 7am
BloombergNews: Singapore in-laws rage as women spurn PM Lee’s babies plea | [link] [link] #Legal #Lawsuit #Law
@AttyRhejLax » 22 Jan '13, 7am
LEE HSIEN LOONG: “We are not impersonal, calculating robots, mindlessly pursuing economic growth and material... [link]
@VScollo » 22 Jan '13, 6am
Title terrible and misleading, content worth RT @BloombergNews S'pore in-laws rage as women spurn PM Lee’s babies plea [link]
@njviehland » 22 Jan '13, 6am
#Singapore #Women on #Lee ’s #Babies Plea [link] #economicGrowth #depopulation #marriage #contraceptive #rh #birthquake #life
@Shan_Sol » 22 Jan '13, 6am
RT @Adam_Reza: World's "best place" to be born in. RT @BloombergNews: Singapore in-laws rage as women spurn PM Lee’s babies plea | [link]