Year after year the government's national message to the public would always involved mainly the economy status of the state. Not this year. This year main takeaways from LKY's national day message is clear and precise. "Get Married, have babies...Otherwise, the country will fold"

Over the past few years, the government has tried ways and means to raise the nation's falling birth rate but to no avail. It currently stands at 1.2, which obviously is well below the ratio needed to replenish more Singaporeans.

Is the government going to offer more incentives to couples to encourage them to give birth? Does a 6 month maternity leave and/or paternity leave will entice couples to have babies in the near term? It obviously is one of the toughest social issue the nation have to face in the next decades. Not only the government has to tackle the social living costs of doing so, but it has ......