Friday, April 27, 2012

Rationale for continued immigrant influx flawed

Apr 28, 2012
Todayonline
Letter from Andrew Teo Neng Wee

I READ the report "Which path to take?" (April 25) with interest. However, I spotted two fallacies in the argument for more immigrants.

Firstly, the National Population and Talent Division stated that by 2030, without new citizens and the total fertility rate remaining at 1.2, there would be 2.1 working-age citizens to each elderly citizen.