CNA Singapore needs to do more with integration so it can do more immigration: Jeffrey Siow

Singapore needs to do more with integration so that the country can do more immigration, said Acting Transport Minister Jeffrey Siow on Monday (Jan 26).

Speaking at the Institute of Policy Studies’ Singapore Perspectives 2026 conference on Monday (Jan 26), he called Singapore’s total fertility rate of 0.97 “abysmal” and noted that it was far below the replacement rate.

Mr Siow added that the country has to make newcomers feel Singaporean and also make Singaporeans feel that the newcomers are Singaporean. #singapore #sgnews

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