新加坡總理李顯龍強調須謹慎制定移民政策

Singapore takes in new immigrants to keep population numbers steady, but must manage the inflow carefully, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said.

新加坡總理李顯龍日前表示，新加坡會接納新移民以保持人口數量穩定，但是必須謹慎管理移民涌入。

The people who come must be able to integrate into society, have the abilities and skills to contribute to the economy and have their hearts in the right place, he added at a citizenship ceremony at Townsville Primary School.

在湯斯維爾小學的公民儀式上，李顯龍還表示，來到新加坡的人必須能夠融入新加坡社會，擁有爲新加坡經濟做出貢獻的能力和技巧，並擁有一顆真誠的心。

About 20,000 people become new citizens here every year. Together with the 30,000 Singaporean babies born, this adds 50,000 to Singapore's citizen population each year.

每年大約會有兩萬人成爲該國的新公民。再加上三萬名新加坡新生兒，新加坡每年共計會增加五萬名公民人口。

This allows Singapore to have a stable population, as Singaporeans are far from replacing themselves with a total fertility rate (TFR) of 1.3, said Mr Lee.

李顯龍稱，這使得新加坡擁有穩定的人口，因爲新加坡1.3的總生育率還遠遠不能進行自我更新。

Mr Lee said ideally, more Singaporean babies should be born, so the Government has worked to support young families through marriage and parenthood policies.

李顯龍表示，理想狀態下，新加坡需要生育更多的嬰兒，因此，政府已經努力通過婚姻和生育政策來支持年輕家庭。

Over the years, schemes have been launched in the areas of housing, pre-school services, workplace and community support to encourage people to start families.

多年來，新加坡在住房、學前服務、工作和社會方面啓動計劃來支持和鼓勵人們結婚。

National University of Singapore sociologist Paulin Straughan said there is a limit to how much the TFR can be pushed up, so other strategies are needed to sustain population growth.

新加坡國立大學社會學家波林·斯特勞恩表示，總生育率提高多少是有限制的，因此需要採取其他策略來維持人口增長。

For instance, making Singapore an attractive destination for talented residents, so the country can "pick and attract people who can bring the best to Singapore".

比如，將新加坡打造成一個吸引有才華居民的目的地，這樣該國就可以挑選和吸引能爲新加坡帶來最好東西的人了。