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1. Ultra-Low Fertility in Pacific Asia

   Trends, causes and policy issues

   Edited by Paulin Straughan, Angelique Chan, Gavin Jones

   Series: Routledge Research On Public and Social Policy in Asia

   Japan, Singapore, Taiwan, South Korea and Hong Kong SAR are among the very lowest-fertility countries in the whole world, and even China has reached fertility levels lower than those in many European countries. If these levels continue over long periods East Asia will soon face accelerating...

   Published May 14th 2012 by Routledge
2. Ageing in Singapore

   Service needs and the state

   By Peggy Teo, Kalyani Mehta, Leng Leng Thang, Angelique Chan

   Series: Routledge Contemporary Southeast Asia Series

   Older persons are often portrayed as social and financial burdens because pensions, health and social care have to withstand increasing old age dependency ratios. Due to a lack of access to representation or a lack of social and economic power, older people have found few opportunities to have...

   Published June 27th 2006 by Routledge