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24Sep24 | Channel U_Singapore total population exceeds 6 million for the first time, up 2% year-on-year.mp4 | Professor Paulin Tay Straughan & Professor Wei-Jun Jean

24 Sep 2024 | Singapore population crosses 6 million mark | The Straits times

23 Sep 2024 | More Singaporean deaths than births possible by first half of 2030s: Prime Minister’s Office | The Straits Times

24 Aug 2024 | Cherish more leave for dads, even if it doesn’t push up the birth rate | The Straits Times

17 May 2024 | Two new courses at Residential College 4 tackle ageism through co-creation of intergenerational bonding activities | NUS news

13 Mar 2024| Study on caregivers helps understand their needs, come up with more targeted training | CNA

18 Mar 2024 | To fix record low birth rate, Singapore could be more generous with parental leave: Experts | CNA

9 Mar 2024 | Singaporeans prefer to have just one child, instead of being childless: Study | The Straits Times

8 Mar 2024 | PAS Board member Dr. Mary Ann Tsao indicted into Singapore Council of Women’s Organization’s (SCWO) Singapore Women’s Hall of Fame 2024 on International Women’s Day | The Straits Times

5 Mar 2024 | Raising kids shouldn’t be such a struggle. How society treats parents matters | The Straits Times

27 Feb 2024 | Parents with self-control, who don't use harsh punishments tend to have emotionally resilient kids: NUS study | TODAY

21 Feb 2024| Smart investment to give lower-income non-working mums more childcare subsidies | The Straits Times

19 Feb 2024 | Budget 2024: Fresh set of keys could get young couples started earlier on married life and parenthood | The Straits Times

25 Jan 2024 | Are memories of poverty keeping us stuck in a material world? | The Straits Times

10 Oct | Harvard’s Claudia Goldin awarded Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences

10 Oct | Claudia Goldin wins Nobel economics prize for work on gender gap

6 Oct 2023 | The Big Read: Paternity leave helps but for men to take on fair share of parenting, a rethink of gender roles is needed | TODAY

26 Aug 2023 | A super-aged Singapore society can be a vibrant and thriving one | The Straits Times

24 Aug 2023 | Marriage registration online? It’s about time | The Straits Times

24 Aug 2023 | Love (less) in China: Why Are Young Chinese Not Getting Married? | Insight 2023/2024 | CNA

19 Aug 2023 | How is filial piety changing in Singapore? Here’s the younger generation’s take on it | CNA

Issue 18 | Population Change in Asia | CFPR

26 July 2023 | Peak fertility versus career: Inconvenient truths you must face | The Straits Times

27 July 2023 | 我国去年近3万对新人结婚创新高 | 联合早报

26 July 2023 | Record number of marriages, fewer divorces in S’pore in 2022 | The Straits Times

Prof Jean Yeung participated in a Channel 8 program on how marriage patterns have changed in the past 4 decades in Singapore | Morning express | 1pm news | Hello Singapore | 630pm news

12 May 2023 | 降至历史新低 我国去年居民整体生育率仅1.04 | Lianhe Zaobao

11 May 2023 | Singapura berharap strategi aturan kerja fleksibel atau FWA dapat menggalak lebih ramai penduduk tempatan untuk mempunyai anak [4:40 to 6:20] | BERITAMediacorp

11 May 2023 | Push for flexible work arrangements as fertility rate hits record low | CNA

11 May 2023 | 英兰妮吁雇主改变心态 更注重成果非工作时间 | 8World

11 May 2023 | 去年居民整体生育率仅1.04 | Lianhe Zaobao

11 May 2023 | Bolder steps needed to address S’pore’s population challenges, low fertility rate: Ho Kwon Ping | The Straits Times

13 April 2023 | Insight 2023/2024 - China’s Shrinking Population | CNA

04 March 2023 | Commentary: Here are 3 new 'Cs' for an ageing Singapore | CNA

08 March 2023 | Gender Equity for Work and Pay | PRB

17 Febuary 2023 | The SG LEADS (led by our founding Director Prof Jean Yeung) findings in the Journal of Marriage and Family has played a big role in providing evidence-based research to inform public policies

14 Febuary 2023 | Singapore to Double Paternity Leave, Raise Cash Gifts for Babies

14 Febuary 2023 | 研究:父亲拿陪产假有助改善家庭关系

14 Febuary 2023 | China gives paid 'marriage leave' to boost birth rate

14 Febuary 2023 | Budget 2023: Government-paid paternity leave to double to 4 weeks; mandatory for employers in due course

30 January 2023 | The Ministerial Committee on Ageing (MCA) has launched the 2023 Action Plan for Successful Ageing to address the evolving needs and aspirations of current and future seniors

15 November 2022 | Eight demographic trends we’re watching as the world population passes 8 billion | PRB

14 November 2022 | As the world’s population hits 8 billion people, UN calls for solidarity in advancing sustainable development for all | UNFPA

15 November 2022 | More hardships in store as world population passes 8 billion: UN | The Straits Times

28 October 2022 | Commentary: Will Japan’s population shrink or swim? | CNA

18 October 2022 | Boost fertility by pooling social resources to nurture talent | The Straits Times

17 October 2022 | Sharp drop in transnational marriages in past 2 years due to Covid-19 travel curbs | The Straits Times

5 October 2022 | Next healthcare reform involves helping elderly grow old in community, not assuming all will get frail: Ong Ye Kung | TODAY

5 October 2022 | 24k more nurses, healthcare staff needed by 2030 as S'pore ages | The Straits Times

25 August 2022 | Ageism and health are major barriers to seniors staying longer in the workforce | The Straits Times

28 September 2022 | 我国总体生育率从历史低位略微回弹至1.12 | Lianhe Zaobao

28 September 2022 | 冠病疫情暴发来首次增长 仍低于疫前 我国总人口增3.4%达564万 | Lianhe Zaobao

28 September 2022 | 65岁及以上公民比率上升 增速比前10年快 | Lianhe Zaobao

28 September 2022 | Singapore population grows 3.4% to 5.64m, reversing 2 consecutive years of decline | The Straits Times

28 September 2022 | S'pore's population ageing rapidly: Nearly 1 in 5 citizens is 65 years and older | The Straits Times

27 September 2022 | 狮城有约 十分访谈: 2022年新加坡人口简报 [24:10 to 34:40] | Channel 8

27 September 2022 | 我国总人口回升 人口老化速度加快 [1:49 to 2:04] | Channel 8

Daycare programme for pre-schoolers and seniors to mingle | TODAY

1 September 2022 | Mum's fine because we've got her a robot: Expert warns against a lonelier world for elderly | The Straits Times

30 August 2022 | We're hiring: Babies wanted for Japan nursing home | CNA

22 August 2022 | NDR 2022: Govt will repeal Section 377A, but also amend Constitution to protect marriage from legal challenges | The Straits Times

22 August 2022 | A tendency towards attenuation of regional sex ratio imbalances in China | N-IUSSP

28 July 2022 | This year, Earth Overshoot Day lands on July 28

26 July 2022 | China’s population is about to shrink for the first time since the great famine struck 60 years ago. Here's what that means for the world | World Economic Forum

15 Jul 2022 | Framing anorexia fight as birth rate solution is harmful to women | South China Morning Post

11 Jul 2022 | Asia-Pacific: Home to more than half of the world's population | Asia and the Pacific

11 Jul 2022 | Which countries are driving the world’s population growth | The Economist

8 Jul 2022 | Sharp rise in deaths, marginal rise in births in 2021 amid Covid-19 pandemic | The Straits Times

25 May 2022 | Elon Musk Sounds an Alarm on Italy, Hong Kong, South Korea | The Street

18 Apr 2022 | Japanese firms try to encourage paternity leave under new law | Japan Today

15 Apr 2022 | Japan's population plummeted by 640,000 in 2021 for biggest drop on record | The Japan Times

28 Mar 2022 | Singapore to allow women, including singles, to freeze their eggs for non-medical reasons | The Straits Times

2 Mar 2022 | Budget debate: Singapore’s birth numbers last year similar to 2020, higher than expected | The Straits Times

9 Jan 2022 | Married couples had more sex during circuit breaker: Study | The Straits Times

2021 | S 1 Ep 8 | Inter-ethnic Marriages | Faces of Asia

18 Nov 2021 | China’s Population Crisis | CNA Insight 2021/2022