Overall, Singapore’s total population stood at 6.21 million as at June 2026, a 1.6% increase from June 2025. The increase was mainly due to growth in the non-resident population, particularly an ...

To ask the Prime Minister and Minister for Finance what is the projected funding needed for the enhanced family support measures and the childcare leave announced in the recent National Day Rally. Ms ...

Enhanced child-related leave, financial, preschool and housing support to help Singaporeans start and raise families As announced by Prime Minister Lawrence Wong at the 2026 National Day Rally, the ...

Mr Speaker, Sir, I thank Ms Elysa Chen for her Adjournment Motion on this important topic. Indeed, many of her observations are consistent with feedback we have received regarding marriage and ...

To ask the Prime Minister and Minister for Finance (a) what is the policy rationale for the difference in Child Development Account (CDA) Government co-matching caps and Baby Bonus Cash Gift amounts ...

I am very glad to be with you here with you today. The last time I gave opening remarks at a PAS conference was in 2024, when I spoke about the importance of a sustainable population and the ...

To ask the Prime Minister and Minister for Finance (a) whether the Ministry will consider increasing adoption leave from 12 weeks to 16 weeks, to align it with maternity leave; and (b) if not, what ...

To ask the Prime Minister and Minister for Finance with an increasing trend of babies born to mothers in their 40s (a) whether the Ministry has (i) analysed what the insights are for maternal and ...

A Marriage & Parenthood (M&P) Reset Workgroup has been set up to develop a whole-of-society approach to better support Singaporeans in their M&P journeys. 2 In 2025, Singapore’s Total Fertility Rate ...

1. Good morning everyone. Warm welcome to the 17th World Ageing Festival and I want to thank Ageing Asia and the Singapore Management University (“SMU”) for bringing us here together today. 2. This is ...

Chairman, with your permission, Minister Indranee Rajah and I will take any clarifications after both our speeches. Earlier I spoke about the urgent realities of climate change. Now, I turn to a ...

As DPM indicated earlier, our preliminary resident TFR for 2025 was 0.87, lower than 0.97 in 2024. It is our lowest TFR to date. Resident births across all ethnic groups decreased, with the decrease ...