"One of the crucial yardsticks by which we shall have to judge the results of the new abortion law combined with the voluntary sterilization law will be whether it tends to raise or lower the total quality of our population. We must encourage those who earn less than $200 per month and cannot afford to nurture and educate many children never to have more than two. Intelligent application of these laws can help reduce the distortion that has already set in ... we will regret the time lost, if we do not now take the first tentative step towards correcting a trend which can leave our society with a large number of the physically, intellectually and culturally anaemic. "
~~ Lee Kuan Yew, then Prime Minister, in a speech in support of the 1969 'voluntary' sterilization bill
龙生龙，凤生凤，老鼠生来会打洞
Words I learnt today:
eugenics
n. (used with a sing. verb)
The study of hereditary improvement of the human race by controlled selective breeding.
anemic
adj.
1. Relating to or suffering from anemia.
2. Lacking vitality; listless and weak: an anemic attempt to hit the baseball; an anemic economic recovery.
3. Being weak in quality or substance.
Reference:
1. Yayapapayaz
2. Exporting Sterilization by Stephen Trombley
3. Eugenics – Singapore’s Version
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