Eileen Tan wrote:
> Fri Mar 1, 2002 9:26 am, Nick Arnett wrote:
>
>
>>They were so concerned about it in Singapore a few years back
>>that they had a year-long campaign to urge wealthier, better-educated
>>people to have more children.
>>
>
> A similar campaign was carried out last year, targetting
> "career-first" fresh university grads. The government-run Social
> Development Unit (aka Single, Desperate & Ugly) sponsored trips to holiday
> resorts and the like, in an attempt to get them to meet and eventually
> form long lasting relationships, families and kids. The same economic
> competitiveness argument was used, but then again, that's the same reason
> the government gives for any big projects it carries out.
>
At Cornell? (curious, not incredulous)
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Doug
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