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In the 1980s, Singapore's great leader, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, saw a serious problem that troubled him - the country's high-quality women, especially those with higher education, often faced the dilemma of entering the palace of marriage and establishing a family! As a leader who cared about the fate of the country, Lee Kuan Yew deeply understood the deep meaning of this phenomenon. Excellent genes cannot be passed on well, and the aging of the population and the decline in the birth rate will pose a major threat to the sustainable development of the country.
In the face of such a serious challenge, Lee Kuan Yew did not hesitate to choose to stand up and intervene in the matter with the power of the government. Using a wealth of data, he issued a stern warning to his fellow men in Singapore, condemning their ignorance and stubbornness, hoping to awaken their consciousness.
Lee Kuan Yew called on Singaporean men to actively seek out women who are commensurate with their education level, and encouraged highly educated women to take on the responsibility of having offspring.
Surprisingly, however, instead of receiving widespread support, Lee Kuan Yew's initiative was strongly opposed by many ordinary women's families and highly educated women.
One female reader angrily stated: "I'm forty years old, and I still haven't been able to step into the palace of marriage as a professional woman with a successful career."
In the face of the complete failure of policy implementation, Lee Kuan Yew seems to have finally come to the realization that it is no longer enough to meet the urgent needs of Singapore's economic development by simply encouraging people to have children. Therefore, he decisively decided to draw on the advanced experience of foreign countries and introduce foreign immigrants on a large scale, injecting new vitality and vitality into Singaporean society.
In the first few years, Singapore welcomed more than 60,000 new immigrants every year, which is undoubtedly a stretch of pressure for a country with a land area of only 714.3 square kilometres.
However, Lee Kuan Yew's bold decision actually ushered in a period of relative prosperity for Singapore, which has been a vibrant society in the decades since it received immigrants, and the emergence of elite talents from all walks of life has enabled the city-state to pass through a relatively stable stage of development.
Lee Kuan Yew's only daughter, Lee Wai Ling, has had the dream of becoming an outstanding veterinarian since she was a child. Despite coming from a prominent family, Li Weiling has never been complacent, on the contrary, she has always been cautious in her words and actions, knowing that her every move will be subject to public attention.
In her twenties, Li Weiling indulged in a passionate love affair wholeheartedly. She is fully committed and uses all her passion and sincerity to interpret this relationship.
However, happiness is always short-lived, this fireworks-like relationship instantly withered the man's indifference and ruthlessness like a winter thunderstorm, the relationship between the two declined sharply, and the contradictions and disputes were like powder kegs, and finally irreparably broken.
This failed romance undoubtedly brought heavy psychological trauma to the young Li Weiling. But she did not lose faith in love, on the contrary, she became more determined in the unswerving pursuit of sincere feelings.
She is looking forward to a partner who is in touch with her heart and lives in harmony, not just for short-term sensual pleasures.
Since then, Li Weiling has never been able to find her ideal partner. She began to think deeply about the meaning of life, and also had her own unique views on the important issue of whether to enter the palace of marriage and give birth to offspring.
In the end, Li Weiling resolutely chose to live a single life and decided to meet the challenges of her future life alone.
At that time, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, as the father of the nation, was naturally worried about his daughter's marriage. In fact, modern intellectual women like Lee Weiling, who choose to be single because they are unwilling to compromise, have made up a considerable proportion in Singapore.
They pay more attention to the quality of life and the realization of personal values, rather than the traditional concept of family inheritance responsibilities and obligations.
In this fast-changing modern society, where marital problems such as domestic violence and emotional frustration emerge one after another, who doesn't want to have a happy life? If getting married and having children will only make life worse, then of course they will choose not to compromise.
The immigration policy did bring a certain degree of prosperity to Singapore in its early days. The influx of more than 60,000 new immigrants each year has undoubtedly breathed new life into this sparsely populated country.
The influx of elite talents from all walks of life has enabled Singapore to go through a period of relatively stable development.
However, this demographic dividend from the outside is not a long-term solution. As time went on, the local people's discontent and rebellion against foreign immigrants became more and more intense, and this immigration problem gradually evolved into a potential crisis of ethnic conflict!
As the helmsman of Singapore, Lee Kuan Yew must be highly concerned about the emotional ups and downs of his own people. However, from another perspective, he also has a clear insight into the many deep-seated problems hidden behind the surface - cultural clashes and spiritual infiltration are omnipresent, like a pervasive virus!
For example, many of the intellectually elite men from overseas are more willing to choose those who have a strong local flavor than the same number of Singaporean intellectual women as they are, which is undoubtedly beyond the scope of Lee Kuan Yew's expectations.
In the face of public unrest, Lee Kuan Yew had to admit that the immigration policy he had advocated had lost control. In one of his writings, he even ridiculed the Japanese government's philosophy of "racial purity," accusing it of being too ignorant in its rejection of immigrants.
Mr Lee Kuan Yew's rhetoric at the time was so strong that he even confidently stated that if he had been proficient in English, he might have chosen to emigrate abroad.
However, the harsh reality ruthlessly shattered his beautiful vision. As the anti-immigration wave continues to rise, the resentment and hostility of Singaporeans towards immigrants has reached unbearable levels.
At this critical juncture, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew had to do everything in his power to salvage his immigration policy and try to redirect it on the right track.
However, looking at the overall situation, he also has to painfully admit that the immigration policy he promoted has completely spiraled out of control, leading to the intensification of contradictions between local and foreign populations, and causing an unprecedented crisis of ethnic conflict.
First of all, with the continuous improvement of education level, modern Singaporean women pay more attention to the realization of self-worth, and their ardent expectations for marriage and childbirth are far less than in the past. They no longer devote their lives to the family as they did in the past, and are only reduced to reproductive tools at the mercy of others.
On the contrary, they aspire to equal human dignity and autonomy and to live as freely as men.
First of all, we cannot ignore the fact that the growing socio-economic pressures have become one of the main triggers for the sharp decline in Singapore's fertility rate. What is eye-popping is that in recent years, housing prices and prices have risen like wild horses, and the cost of living has also sprung up.
For those families struggling with the low- and middle-income level, having to struggle for food and clothing is almost like being in a sea of struggle for survival.
The pressure of survival is like a heavy net, firmly covering them, making them unable to take care of love and marriage, and they dare not make the decision to conceive offspring. Because for them, even if they just maintain the status quo, it is already a difficult task to live this life.
In addition, the rapid development of technology is profoundly changing the traditional employment environment, intelligent AI technology is quietly rising like a spring breeze blowing the earth, many industries are facing a huge threat of being fully replaced by artificial intelligence, and the prospect of the job market is gloomy.
Many of the younger generation are mired in unemployment or employment difficulties, and the competition for survival is becoming fiercer, so it is naturally difficult to spare extra energy to think about having children.
Therefore, it is no exaggeration to say that the changing concept of marriage and childbearing, the sharp increase in economic pressure and the deterioration of the employment environment are the three major cruxes of the continuous decline in Singapore's new population.
Resolving these deep-seated contradictions is undoubtedly the key to solving the demographic crisis.
In the face of this growing demographic crisis, the Singapore government urgently needs to show greater patience and policy support, rather than blindly pursuing speed. This solution may be long and tortuous, and it needs to be adapted to the successful experience of other countries and adapted to the actual situation of the country.
Singapore, for example, can appropriately relax its immigration policies, but at the same time, it must strictly control the number of immigrants to prevent the risk of re-escalating ethnic conflicts. On the other hand, it can also follow South Korea's example and appropriately stimulate the desire of citizens to have children through the implementation of tax exemptions and housing subsidies.
However, we should also not ignore the fact that relying entirely on natural conditioning and waiting for the baptism of time is also a viable option. After all, forcibly pushing for fertility is not the fundamental way to solve the problem, but can have negative and counterproductive effects.
If the government makes a real commitment to improving the employment environment and alleviating economic pressures, the demographic crisis may gradually ease.
In taking any concrete measures, governments need to have a long-term vision and strategic thinking. It is important not to be too hasty and too fast, lest you repeat the mistakes made by Lee Kuan Yew when he implemented the immigration policy.
In contrast, it is undoubtedly more shrewd and wise to formulate a long-term and systematic population policy! It is important to know that the population issue involves the country's century-old foundation and cannot be easily solved overnight.
To this end, the Singapore government urgently needs to carry out in-depth thinking and careful planning from a strategic perspective, and comprehensively weigh the potential benefits and losses. Only by truly standing on the people's foothold and tackling the root causes of complex problems such as declining fertility can we hope to completely get rid of the demographic dilemma.
This will require the Government's vision and determination, as well as the full support and close collaboration of all the people. It is only by working together to overcome the difficulties that Singapore's demographic development can be revitalized.
"In the face of such a daunting challenge, we can only hope in the hands of the next generation. Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, who is in the twilight of his life, said frankly.
His words are full of worry and moving.
Demographic issues have indeed plagued Singapore's founding father for half his life. From actively promoting the birth of highly educated people in the early days to inherit good genes, to the large-scale introduction of foreign immigrants to inject fresh blood into Singapore in the later stage, until finally reluctantly accepting the reality, even her only daughter Li Weiling is unwilling to enter the marriage hall and reproduce.
As Singapore's Prime Minister, Lee Kuan Yew has contributed to the country's prosperity. However, on the key issue of population, which is crucial to the long-term stability of the country, he has not been able to find a perfect answer.
To this day, he feels deeply guilty that the current situation of an ageing population and the declining fertility rate have not been effectively improved.
Mr Lee Kuan Yew looks back on his life and has a unique and profound insight into the country's demographic issues. From the initial rush for quick success to the helplessness in the later stage, he vividly illustrated the hardships of coping with this problem with his own experience.
His valuable experience has taught us that the population problem cannot be solved overnight, but requires the foresight of the government and the joint efforts of all citizens.
Perhaps, the solution lies among Singapore's younger generation. As Mr. Lee Kuan Yew said, there is a growing number of modern intellectual women who choose not to marry or have children, and they pursue the realization of personal values rather than the traditional concept of family responsibilities.
There is no doubt that the quality of marriage and the quality of life have become the core values pursued by the new generation of people! In the face of the severe challenges of reality, the respected Mr. Lee Kuan Yew can only bury his hope deep in his heart and hope that the future generation of young people will continue to explore ways to solve problems with a more pioneering and innovative, tolerant and rational and calm vision.
Population development is a long and complex process, which requires the broad participation of all sectors of society, and cannot be achieved by relying on the strength of one party alone. However, despite this predicament, Mr Lee Kuan Yew remains confident in Singapore's future demographic prospects.
As one of the founders of the city-state, he devoted his life to the prosperity of the country, and although he was deeply troubled by the population problem, he still had good expectations at the end of his life, and he was eager for Singapore to bravely overcome the predicament and embark on a new journey to lead the country to a more brilliant future.