Aurini and I once did a podcast on this. Despite the "gahmen" being able to safely ignore the feminist lobby at will, feminism is only a symptom – the problem is modernity at large.

The only workable solution to the low birth rates would be to get women straight out of their careers (not workplace) and back into the home. Only problem would be that this would not only be political suicide (they don't even dare to LOOK at the Women's Charter, let alone repeal it), but thanks to their own policies back in the 1970s, a two-income household is strictly necessary to make ends meet – who am I kidding? A two-income household is strictly necessary to pay for all of the goodies and comforts Singaporeans are used to.

And if you learn something about the "gahmen" after living here, it's that they will *never* admit they're wrong.

So they're in a bit of a bind. No matter how much baby bonus they give out, or even if they acquiesce to every single Singaporean's demands, the birth rate will NOT rise in a nation of zombie navel-gazers. they daren't tell women to go back to the old ways, and know that subsidising the fertility of the lower classes is dysgenic. The only recourse left to them is immigration, and it'll let them kick the can a few years down the road. They literally don't have any other choice that wouldn't result in immediate political suicide or loss of face, which is why they're doubling down so hard on immigration.