{"id":4689,"date":"2013-01-31T09:45:57","date_gmt":"2013-01-31T01:45:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/silverhairsclub.com\/?p=4689"},"modified":"2013-01-31T09:45:57","modified_gmt":"2013-01-31T01:45:57","slug":"69-million-population-in-2030-share-your-thoughts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/silverhairsclub.com\/?p=4689","title":{"rendered":"6.9 million population in 2030 – Share your thoughts"},"content":{"rendered":"
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For many of us, we will be at least 65 years old in 20 years time.  Last week, the Singapore government released the Population White Paper with the headline "6.9 million population in 2030".For many of us, we will be at least 65 years old in 20 years time.<\/p>\n

Of course, some of us might not need to be too worried, as we may not be around.  This projection has generated a lot of interest in Singapore, and among Singaporeans.  Name it and we can read them in the papers concerns of high cost housing, medical care, less space and job competition.  There are numerous concerns.<\/p>\n

I thought we can have a hearty chat on this topic, which is close to the hearts of many of us.  As the elderly population increases, does Singapore need to raise the projected population to 6.9 m people in 20 years time? The paper projects growth rates of 2 – 3% with this population increase.  This number seem rather modest, as any global financial crisis can easily wipe this number off.<\/p>\n

What can we do, being a part of Singapore elderly?  Take a broad view on the topic.  What would you do? Maybe take a less serious view or even a fun view;  your thoughts and ideas may be worth considering.  Some ideas and suggestions may be useful to the economists and the government.<\/p>\n

Keep the politics element out of this Post please.<\/p>\n

Terence Seah <\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

For many of us, we will be at least 65 years old in 20 years time.  Last week, the Singapore government released the Population White Paper with the headline "6.9 million population in 2030".For many of us, we will be at least 65 years old in 20 years time. Of course, some of us might … Continue reading “6.9 million population in 2030 – Share your thoughts”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4689","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/silverhairsclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4689","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/silverhairsclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/silverhairsclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/silverhairsclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/silverhairsclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4689"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/silverhairsclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4689\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/silverhairsclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4689"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/silverhairsclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4689"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/silverhairsclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}