Things have certainly changed since I lived there in the 1950s.

Oh, and sorry to say it, but I wonder if contraceptives are available in Singapore.

Six children ?

'the problem had got worse in the past decade because of globalisation and the influx of lower-cost foreign workers who have suppressed the wages of many blue-collar Singaporeans. It is meant that the income of the poorest 20% of Singaporeans had stagnated, he said'.

Sounds like something THIS country will be experiencing very shortly.